Thanks a lot for your help , guys. P.s : think, we'll add memory and proceed with Centos 5 ... Michael A. Peters wrote: > Niki Kovacs wrote: > >> Dmitry a écrit : >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Could you please give me advice about issue described below. >>> >>> My friends have to use a PC with old hardware for a few months. They've >>> got 128MB of RAM, 20 GB hard drive; Pentium 3 processor. >>> >>> At the moment they have windows xp running on it, but it's very slow. >>> >>> What are the system requirements for CentOS 2 or any other version of >>> this OS that may be suitable? >>> >>> Can you recommend any other Linux distro that would be easy to install >>> and to use? >>> >> Yes. CentOS 5. Start with a minimal install (base system). Install and >> configure X. Only install packages you really need, be sure to >> deactivate all unnecessary services. Go for XFCE, IceWM, Fluxbox or some >> other lighter window manager. This sort of configuration is running in >> my neighbour's home, I installed it for them on their old PIII-500 with >> 128 MB RAM. >> >> > > To add - I run CentOS 5 just fine on an IBM Thinkpad T20 (700MHz PIII > when plugged in, 550MHz on battery) with 384MB of ram. > > I ran it just fine on 256MB until one of the ram modules died. I then > ran it on 128MB painfully while waiting for the replacement (256MB) chip > to arrive. Note though that I'm running the full gnome GUI. > > Disable JavaScript except when you absolutely must have it, browsing > with JS / flash enabled crashes low memory machines. > > Don't use OpenOffice - AbiWord an Gnumeric both do well on low memory > machines. For that matter, so does LaTeX as it just uses a text editor > until you are ready to compile your document, but LaTeX has quite a > learning curve. > > If the 20GB HD is a 5400RPM (probably is) try to get a 7200RPM drive - > that's what I did in my old laptop and the difference was night and day. > > If it is a desktop, and you do replace the drive with faster spinning, > if there's room to continue using the older drive - you can use the > older drive as dedicated swap, which will help a lot. You don't need > 20GB of swap, you can partition it, but don't use the non swap for > anything much other than storage of stuff you don't need to access often. > > This, btw, is what I love about Linux. Old hardware stays useful for > much longer, reducing waste in the land fills. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >