Hi,
I often have to deal with relatively obsolete hardware in schools, public libraries, small town halls, etc. I still have a handful of CentOS 5.x installations around for these, but I wonder what CentOS 6.x desktop specs are, e. g. the minimum requirements (in terms of CPU and RAM) to reasonably run it. Will a battered first-generation P-IV with 512 MB RAM be sufficient? How much RAM does 6.x's graphical installer require to even start? Or is it better to opt for CentOS 5.x on this sort of dinosaur?
Cheers,
Niki
On 3/24/2015 12:19 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
I often have to deal with relatively obsolete hardware in schools, public libraries, small town halls, etc. I still have a handful of CentOS 5.x installations around for these, but I wonder what CentOS 6.x desktop specs are, e. g. the minimum requirements (in terms of CPU and RAM) to reasonably run it. Will a battered first-generation P-IV with 512 MB RAM be sufficient? How much RAM does 6.x's graphical installer require to even start? Or is it better to opt for CentOS 5.x on this sort of dinosaur?
I'd be looking at something like TinyLinux or DamnSmallLinux on those.
Le 24/03/2015 08:34, John R Pierce a écrit :
I'd be looking at something like TinyLinux or DamnSmallLinux on those.
I don't want anything else than CentOS for the job.
I used to install my own heavily customized version of Slackware on these machines (http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/), but this was a bit of a hassle to maintain.
CentOS 5.x is running perfectly well on these old PC's. My question was more about what the 6.x installer needs to start. Once the base system is installed, I know how to configure a lightweight desktop.
Niki
On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 09:38 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote:
Le 24/03/2015 08:34, John R Pierce a écrit :
I'd be looking at something like TinyLinux or DamnSmallLinux on those.
I don't want anything else than CentOS for the job.
I used to install my own heavily customized version of Slackware on these machines (http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/), but this was a bit of a hassle to maintain.
CentOS 5.x is running perfectly well on these old PC's. My question was more about what the 6.x installer needs to start. Once the base system is installed, I know how to configure a lightweight desktop.
Niki
Hi,
RHEL version min/max specs can be found:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-limits
Regards
Phil
Le 24/03/2015 09:52, Phil Wyett a écrit :
RHEL version min/max specs can be found:
Thanks! That's exactly the document I was looking for.
Cheers,
Niki
Phil Wyett wrote:
RHEL version min/max specs can be found:
Ignorant question: what does POWER mean in these tables?
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 04:04:03PM +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Phil Wyett wrote:
RHEL version min/max specs can be found:
Ignorant question: what does POWER mean in these tables?
I believe that would be the IBM POWER series of chips, PowerPC, et al.
Hi,
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Niki Kovacs info@microlinux.fr wrote:
Hi,
I often have to deal with relatively obsolete hardware in schools, public libraries, small town halls, etc. I still have a handful of CentOS 5.x installations around for these, but I wonder what CentOS 6.x desktop specs are, e. g. the minimum requirements (in terms of CPU and RAM) to reasonably run it. Will a battered first-generation P-IV with 512 MB RAM be sufficient? How much RAM does 6.x's graphical installer require to even start? Or is it better to opt for CentOS 5.x on this sort of dinosaur?
Try considering Bodhi and Puppy Linux also.
--Regards Ashishkumar S. Yadav
Le 24/03/2015 09:45, Ashish Yadav a écrit :
Try considering Bodhi and Puppy Linux also.
Thanks but no. As I already stated, I have my own blend of Slackware for this. My question was: I want to install CentOS (and not $OTHER_DISTRO) on these machines, so what are the minimum specs?
A couple of years ago I installed C6 on a ThinkPad A20 (512MB ram, 450MHz cpu). It runs, but is painfully slow. It can handle vi in an xterm, but not a modern web browser. Even a simple yum update takes too long.
Personally, i suggest staying with C5 and planning to recycle the hardware when C5 goes EOL. It comes down to which applications you need to support and how big your support budget is.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Niki Kovacs info@microlinux.fr wrote:
Hi,
I often have to deal with relatively obsolete hardware in schools, public libraries, small town halls, etc. I still have a handful of CentOS 5.x installations around for these, but I wonder what CentOS 6.x desktop specs are, e. g. the minimum requirements (in terms of CPU and RAM) to reasonably run it. Will a battered first-generation P-IV with 512 MB RAM be sufficient? How much RAM does 6.x's graphical installer require to even start? Or is it better to opt for CentOS 5.x on this sort of dinosaur?
Cheers,
Niki
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