Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Drew wrote: >>> CentOS 6 was not really intended for slower systems, none of the newer >>> distros are. CentOS 6 kernel for example does not support 586 CPU's. >> >> I'd like to know where you read that because I'm looking at putting >> CentOS 6 onto a couple of lower end boxes, specifically a >> P3-800(mobile) and an older VIA EPIA, which are fully supported in >> CentOS 5. >> > Generally, when you develop any app, you add more and more features and > you need more powerful hardware to run at the same speed. And then there's the nothing-but-eye-candy, and the "we'll just change something, because that look is *so* last year" (like the assinine M$ "ribbon" replacing menu bars....). > > Fedora 12-15 for example need more space on boot partition (500MB is I > am not mistaken) and CentOS5/Fedora6 only needed <100MB. 250M works. <snip> mark