[GLLUG] 16 megs ram laptop

[Patrick]

While Linux might not be particularly useful on a laptop as old as that, 
it should be possible to run it.  Some time ago I installed Linux  (Red 
Hat 6 - this was before Fedora) on a Compaq Contura Aero subnotebook 
with a 25 MHz 486 CPU and 20 MB RAM.  It had one PCMCIA slot which I had 
to use for both the installation boot floppy and the network card, which 
made the network install a bit tricky.  It had a 2 GB hard drive, that 
was not the original.  Without the drive upgrade, I would have probably 
had to use a slimmed down distro.  It worked and I even got Apache 
working on it.  It was reasonably speedy serving static web pages, as 
long as no more than about 2 users hit it at the same time.  Don't 
expect to be able to use the X Window System.  It will be considerably 
less responsive than Windows 95 even with a minimal window manager. 

- Patrick

Clay Dowling wrote:
> On 09/20/2010 06:59 PM, user at qtm.net wrote:
>> I have a 16 megs ram laptop with only input is a 3 1/2 inch floppy.
>> What is the best distribution to put on this laptop? It has windows 95.
>>
>>    
> Right below your message was this sale notice from Buy.com:
>
> http://www.buy.com/prod/asus-eee-pc-1001px-mu27-bk-10-1-netbook-intel-atom-n450-1gb-ddr2-160gb/q/loc/101/216082730.html 
>
>
> Unless you're looking to try embedded development, I wouldn't bother 
> trying to do anything with a 16mb, floppy-based laptop.  I have a 
> phone running Linux that is bigger than that.  If it's bulky, it might 
> be useful to fill it with cement and use it to anchor your boat.  
> Otherwise, let it go.
>
> Clay
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