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trueNewbie
06-20-2001, 06:25 PM
I got another old computer. This one is a 386 w/ one meg of ram. Can i run X-windows? If so which version of Linux and X-Windows would drain my system the least.
Ace69
06-20-2001, 07:00 PM
As far as I am aware of, X requires at least 16MB RAM.
MBMarduk
06-20-2001, 07:11 PM
Sorry, but AFAIK you'll need atleast 2-4MB to run 'bash' alone! (I think 1-2MB for 'ash' if I'm not mistaken.)
So...
Derango
06-20-2001, 07:20 PM
Nope, X windows dosen't even run smoothly in 32Mb of ram, let alone 1 ;)

You might be able to get a very, very small command line only version of linux on there.
bdg1983
06-20-2001, 07:47 PM
The new KDE 2.2 is supposed to be able to run in a 1MB pc. Has not everyone read about this already? And I thought I was slow keeping up with all new. ;)

Actually you'll be lucky to get the commandline/console to work with that amount of memory with one of the standard distros.

I would suggest you try some of the previous suggestions for a small linux footprint posted in the forums or do a web search for same.

Good luck.