Re: [PLUG] mini Linux

[Douglas Lentz <dlentz@dca.net>]

rekaye1005@earthlink.net wrote:

> I am looking for suggestions...
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> I have a old IBM PC, 64Mb ram.
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> Being frugal, and trying to squeeze the last bit of functionality out 
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> does anyone have a suggestion for a (mini?) version of Linux that would
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> I would set it up as an ISP dialup device, with a basic firewall using 
> iptables.
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> Would it be asking too much to have a tiny little gui?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Ron Kaye
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Re: a little GUI

I've got an old Packard-Bell, 200Mz, 64 Mb RAM, 3.2 gig drive. It's 
running Red Hat 9 with the TWM window manager instead of that Gnome 
thing. I don't use it that much, but it doesn't seem slow to me.

Relevant URL is ttp://www.plig.org/xwinman/vtwm.html

Good luck!

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