2006/12/18, Abhishek Daga abhishekdaga@yahoo.com:
Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them).
I'm currently running Debain GNU/Linux etch RC1 (with linux kernel 2.6.17) on my P2 266MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB HDD, CDROM+Floppy system.
it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of
ubuntu.
The minimum requirement for Debian GNU/Linux etch is 32MB RAM (It is 24 if you go for sarge) and 256MB Hard Disk space.
I'm running WindowMaker now and it works awesome (I used to run GNOME but had toremove it as I needed Open Office and GNU/Hurd in the 2 GB). I have 1.1 GB for GNU/Linux
if there was ever such a thing.
My basic (and probably only requirements are)
- Wine
I have tried it in my office desktop
2) The two browsers. FF and IE.
Again used to use IE for some intranet resources that only works with IE.
3) a teeny .exe application that will be run over wine just like IE.
If it is small one it should not cause any problems.
Am pretty sure the above config should meet those needs, but is there
any further stripping i need to do while installing the standard ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake to make it more lightweight?
I would suggest Debian/Gentoo/slackware/DSL rather than re-inventing the wheel as suggested by others.
Cheers Praveen