Re: Linux and Older Computers

[Ben Russo <ben umialumni com>]

On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 20:26, Ben Russo wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 12:39, RedHat wrote:
> > I have some older computers the oldest being a 386 and I have a copy of
> > Linux 6.0. I would like to get some use out of these computers so I was
> > thinking I could install 6.0 on one and make it my firewall. Would this be a
> > good idea or should I stick with 8.0? Maybe set the others up as email and
> > bind servers?
> 
> As long as you don't expect them to be speed burners you can run 
> RedHat 8.0 on them.  I wouldn't expect them to be the fastest boxes in
> the world, but for a cable or DSL line with a handfull of protected
> boxes, this should be fine.

Oh, and if you just run TWM, FVWM2, or BlackBox, 
(**It would be funny to see the responsiveness of 
the modern versions of
GNOME or KDE on a 386**)

you could even run them with the new Phoenix (mozilla-light) browzer if
you had enough RAM.
They would be really slow, but it would work.