Re: Red Hat On Yesterday's Hardware

[antonio <anto montagnani virgilio it>]

Robert L Cochran wrote:

> Thanks a lot Marco. I'll give this a lot of attention.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 00:49, M. Fioretti wrote:
>  
>
> > On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 00:15:23 at 12:15:23AM -0400, Robert L Cochran (cochranb speakeasy net) wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > I see from the release notes for Red Hat 9 that the minimum CPU is a
> > > Pentium class and the minumum memory is 64 Mb, rock bottom. 
> > >
> > > My question is, what is the lowest-end system that one can get
> > > realistically decent graphics performance from with Red Hat 9? Including
> > > internetting and office management tasks? A Pentium 90? Pentium 66? How
> > > low can I go before the hardware chokes the OS performance-wise? 
> > >      
> > It strongly depends from what you exactly mean by " internetting and
> > office management tasks".
> >
> > If you mean online gaming, or accepting those sites where even the
> > "Contact Us" page is done in Flash, or using OpenOffice.org, then you
> > need a relatively powerful machine regardless of the operating system.
> >
> > Otherwise, have a look at
> >
> > 	   http://www.rule-project.org/en/screenshots.php
> >
> > Ciao,
> > 		Marco Fioretti
> >
> > --
> > Marco Fioretti                 m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it
> > Red Hat for low memory         http://www.rule-project.org/en/
> >
> > I never let my schooling get in the way of my education. -- Mark Twain
> >    
I am running RH9 with OpenOffice application and Internet/Mail (Mozilla 
1.4 RC1) application on PII 233 MHz with 320 Mb of RAM  and on a Celeron 
400 with 256 Mb of Ram with good operability and using Gnome (and they 
both work also as routers...).
Java and Flash of course stress the machines....but you can accept it if 
you are short of money... ;-)
Of course no games.....also Qcad is running at acceptable speed.
Less power need than for same application under Windows XP, this is my 
experience.

Antonio

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