I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
The short answer is probably yes. The long answer is why? I have a similar internet/printer box with SuSE 7.3 that I have no plans to upgrade the distro anytime soon. I find it easier to upgrade individual components (i.e., kernal, firewall, samba, etc). There's no compelling reason to upgrade the distro unless you planning to do something more than a share an internet connection and printer on that PC. Just my two bits... Christopher Reimer On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
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Thanks. I want to upgrade, because I've got some problems with 7.3. Samba only works when connecting with 9x. I've got problems with TCP/IP printing and irc_contrac doesn't work for me. I beleave this is also because I screwed around a lot with it and I want to do a full reinstall anyway. I'm also not very good at updating individual components. Op donderdag 10 oktober 2002 22:12, schreef Christopher D. Reimer:
The short answer is probably yes. The long answer is why?
I have a similar internet/printer box with SuSE 7.3 that I have no plans to upgrade the distro anytime soon. I find it easier to upgrade individual components (i.e., kernal, firewall, samba, etc). There's no compelling reason to upgrade the distro unless you planning to do something more than a share an internet connection and printer on that PC.
Just my two bits...
Christopher Reimer
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Z_God wrote:
Thanks. I want to upgrade, because I've got some problems with 7.3. Samba only works when connecting with 9x. I've got problems with TCP/IP printing and irc_contrac doesn't work for me. I beleave this is also because I screwed around a lot with it and I want to do a full reinstall anyway. I'm also not very good at updating individual components.
I had that same problem as well until I figured out that maintaining a stable internet/printer box requires installing the minimum default installation, configuring the necessary software (kernel, firewall and samba) and leaving it the hell alone! If you screw around too much with a linux box (especially if you only have a vague idea of what you are doing), it starts behaving like a windows machine. :) Christopher Reimer
creimer@rahul.net wrote:
I had that same problem as well until I figured out that maintaining a stable internet/printer box requires installing the minimum default installation, configuring the necessary software (kernel, firewall and samba) and leaving it the hell alone! If you screw around too much with a linux box (especially if you only have a vague idea of what you are doing), it starts behaving like a windows machine. :)
It helps if you keep up with security updates, otherwise it'll *really* start behaving like a windows machine :) Doing that usually means you use a dist that's supported. With 7.3 that won't be a problem for some time yet, but eventually you will need to upgrade.
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, jalal wrote:
Hmmm, thats my problem. I'm still running 7.1 on the server and, I think, that becomes unsupported soon.
That probably won't happen until the 9.x version comes out next year. I think it takes SuSE two to three years to phase out the support for an older version. Christopher Reimer
Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
I ran 8.0 and KDE on a 300Mz machine with 64Mb ram and no problems; so probably yes. JDL
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
Last night I installed 8.1 on a P133 with 32M RAM so yes, it will. I'm going to put together a HOWTO at some point for running SuSE on less than their stated minimum hardware requirements -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.0) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
Once, i've been using SuSE 8.0 on 166MHz laptop with 64MB ram -- and even KDE worked somewhat fine, i even could use Mozilla and OpenOffice. and even when i reduced my memory down to 32MB -- WindowMaker worked just great! I believe, that 8.1 is more optimized due to gcc3.2 compiler, and especially, if you dont need GUI -- just go ahead! On Thursday 10 October 2002 23:54, Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
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On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 08:27, Rohit wrote:
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
In that case - do NOT upgrade !!!! Until extremely necessary.
If you do not use graphics, why not. But think twice if it is necessary. It's not that 8.1 uses so much more resources than a previous version. Not if you do not use graphics. OTOH keeping this box on 7.3, doing all YOU runs, and updating the printer software to the latest releases, will do fine also. Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net Linux ... the better OS!
On Tuesday 15 October 2002 07:58 pm, wolfi wrote:
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 08:27, Rohit wrote:
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Z_God wrote:
I've got an old 200mhz pc with 64 mb ram that I'm currently using as a server with SuSE 7.3. Will 8.1 run on this pc? I won't be using graphics, it is just to share the internet connection and a printer.
I'm running SuSE 8.1 on a 266Mhz. Yeah, it's a little slow, but it runs fine. I'm using KDE and everything.
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