Thanks for dsl
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: Thanks for dsl
started by: reveille
Posted by reveille on July 28 2004,21:35
I have been trying many different linux distros for my old p166mhz, 40mb ram, 1gig hd, and finally i found dsl, which works perfect for me. all i wanted was a linux distro for chating, and mail, and dsl is working perfect so far for me. thanks for making this easy to use distro.
Posted by AwPhuch on July 29 2004,17:04
Hehe....Brought back that dinosaur didnt it....very very cool
Brian
AwPhuch
Posted by laughing_gas on July 29 2004,21:52
I got a P1 100GHz box running DSL, it's nice to finally toss win95!
Posted by NoxVampyre on July 31 2004,23:40
I too am running DSL on a 166, It's an old Dell Optiplex. DSL is perfect for this unit. I have it installed on the hard drive and I really couldn't be happier. As soon as I get it up and running hardware wise I'll be running it on an NEC 133 laptop too. All I can say id GREAT JOB guys.
Posted by adraker on Aug. 01 2004,03:00
Hey guys,Is it DSL 7.2 you're using on these older machines,
or something earlier?
A p200 awaits an o/s, I have used 5.3 on it in the past,
and was intending to reinstall.
I just wanted to put dos on it,"up front" so to speak,
and then a species of DSL.
Regards,
Adraker
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 01 2004,03:50
I'm currently running 0.7.3 from LiveCD on a Compaq Presario 1622with a 233MHz cpu and 32 megs ram. 800x600 display , serial mouse,
wireless lan card,
No reason to use an earlier version, as the extra features in the
later versions allow you to run more stuff with less memory usage.
( the .ci files are amazing !! , I'm running firefox on a 32meg machine !! )
...... with a large swap file, of course ....
73
ke4nt
Posted by adraker on Aug. 01 2004,03:58
Thanks ke4nt1,good to know.....
I only have 32 meg ram as well.
With ram prices as they are, it's
not worth trying to stuff more in.
Adraker
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 01 2004,08:03
Even on ebay, where I find some of the HIGHEST prices on hardware, a 64 meg stick of sodimm ram is less than 10 bucks..
I think you would be well served to invest so little to up your ram
onboard your box.
DSL is a whole different animal with 96 megs of ram...
So many more opportunities then when it is at only 32 megs.
73
ke4nt
Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 06 2004,00:54
Thank you for making a LiveCD with a simple way to expand the selection of applications.Thanks for not using a graphical session manager that doesn't understand the concept "I want to close X now, please".
Thanks for including applications such as vim, mc, mpg321, and links...sometimes GUI doesn't necessarily mean "better".
Thank you for choosing Fluxbox.
Thanks for a forum which is both friendly and casual.
Thanks for sticking ke4nt1 with the huge task of handling extensions....he's been incredibly helpful and patient.
Thank you for a liveCD that can be easily downloaded through dialup, and runs on just about any pc.
Posted by adraker on Aug. 06 2004,10:03
ke4nt1-I obviously don't know the "right" people- old
ram is a bit more expensive in my neighbourhood.
Couldn't get 7.3 to boot on old P200,but 5.3 works
fine.Someone mentioned Grey Cat linux somewhere,
and I got the stupid idea I could make it work with
an ancient SiS card.Still beating my head against the wall.
Have now edited Xfreeconfig about 50 times and lost the will
to live.
Mikshaw-
Amen to every single line you wrote.Especially the bit about
ke4nt1!
Every time I fire up DSL,I'm keenly aware that I'm plugged in to
a Great Thing!