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Topic: Ideal machines to run DSL on?, How slow can the machine be?

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Dorei

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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,17:41

I got a PII Deschutes 333 that I over clocked to 416.5 MHZ and 512 KB L2 Cache, 220 MB ram and it just flies along, I never knew that this comp could be so fast.

NewDude

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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,19:27

Isn't a great feeling to know that you can have a more powerful OS than stupid Windoze and it will run great on a system that is 7 years older than these current systems?

It really is amazing... I think my P166mhz was built by Compaq in 1995 and the thing is running so good. I swear that I am so happy I never threw it away.

ubl

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Posted: Feb. 23 2006,01:41

I got a 486DX with 32 mb ram running with a frugal install!

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NewDude

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Posted: Feb. 23 2006,14:44

That is just awesome. I wish now I would have kept my old 486 100mhz with 64mb, I bet it would have done well.

I ought to hit up and couple of garage sales around here and see if someone has one they will sale me....

zubalove
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Posted: Feb. 23 2006,16:01

I'm running DSL on a Fujitsu Lifebook w/ 166 meg MMX and 80 megs of ram. It does just what I need it to. I use the OpenOffice 2.0 uci and Opera 8.5 uci. I run gaim. Also, it has no problems seeing my netgear 401 wireless card (except DSL 2.0, that gave me a headache).

All in all, an EXCELLENT OS for older machines. I think the only thing that really needs attention is documentation. All the pdfs and guides should get consolidated to one place, and updated to relect the current builds.

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