Re: [PLUG] Win98 End of Life -> Lin98?

[LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com>]

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Debian works good for me when upgrading from windows to Linux.  I also 
like fvwm2 or fvwm 95 because they use very little system resources.

On a system with only 64M ram I would not run any of the desktops that 
use up system resources.  Also dosemu works great.  Also make a kernel 
that uses the least amount of memory for these legacy systems.  Debian 
has a great package for creating custom kernels called make-kpkg.  You 
can compile the kernel on your workstation which creates a deb file with 
all of the modules included.

W. Chris Shank wrote:
> I've got many clients still using Windows 98 - either because they
> really don't need any more or they have some legacy application that
> won't run on newer windows (DOS apps).
>
> Seems to me this could be a good opportunity to get Linux converts if
> there were a linux distro specifically tailored to machines currently
> running Win98 (ie: lowerend P2 and up, 64M ram, etc). Their needs are
> generally minimal: internet, email, office, and maybe a special DOS
> application or two. If this distro included a working/easy DOS layer, I
> could get several clients to switch right away. 
>
> Does anyone know of a distro focused on this type of user? 
>
> What windows manager would be pretty good - I heard that XFCE is a
> rather lightweight desktop? 
>
> Are there any distros specifically focused on Xfce? 
>
> Does anyone have a similar need for their clients? Would you be
> interested in a distro that did this? 
>
> thanks

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