SuSe tends to be a bit bulky maybe debian, which I would not normally advice to A) a begginer B) some one without free internet access. ( I know Suse will install in that size though the default kernal is now pentium optimised so not 486 compatable)
Owen
(SuSe user)
On 15-Jul-01 Ruleng@aol.com wrote:
Subj: Which Linux distribution, please? Date: 13/07/01 To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk
Hello again, Everyone. I e-mailed alug a short while ago asking for help with the mini-distribution, muLinux. I still have not got that sorted out, but I am now in a different situation. By an incredible fluke that I will not bore you all with I have got my 40X CDROM drive running. I would now like to ask the group which distribution of Linux I should, or could, install. I will recap the hardware that I have in case my previous note has been mislaid.
chip: i486DX 33MHz, upgraded to 133 MHz with Evergreen chip. hdd0: 210 Mb. with MSDOS 6.2 ( 4DOS addon) and Windows for Workgroups hdd1: 450 Mb. partitioned 240 Mb. for DOS and Windows, 210 Mb. for a
Linux OS. ( Do I need another partition for Swap?). fdd0: 1.44 Mb. 40X CDROM drive. 16 Mb. RAM Both muLinux and Hal91 Boot+Root floppies. Oh yes: a 70-year-old brain.
If there is not enough disk space for a recommended distribution, wouldit be possible for me to use only part of it at first, and which parts should a novice select? I would appreciate any advice that you could give me. Regards, Norman
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Date: 15-Jul-01 Time: 23:36:42