Mac User / Linux Newbie Questions about Mandrake

[Macintosh]

I was a PC user quite a while ago but have been using Macs for quite a while. I recently convinced my mom to buy a new Snow iMac (nice machine) and since she has the new iMac now she gave me her old PC. It's not speed demon or powerhouse but I would just like to use it to gain some Linux experience. It's a Monorail PC with a Celeron ("Celery" :)) Proccesor and some odd number of RAM around 52 MB. I think that is has a 3 or 4 GB HD. Can Linux Mandrake run with less than 64 MB of RAM? I have some CLI experience from playing around with the Unix Terminal in Mac OS X but am no were near experienced and that's why I've chosen Mandrake for my distribution.

thanks

-Scott

[zverushka]

mandrake could probably run under 64 megs ram, but you best bet with that type of system is redhat or slackware

[j.harrison]

Yes. But not well. Mandrake is a great place to learn Linux, but for just that reason, it is a bit of a resource hog. Do yourself a favor and add some RAM. You'll be happier with Drake, and more likely to stick Linux out when it gets frustrating and confusing.

[aphryo]

if it's pc133 DIMMs you need, ram is dirt cheap these days..... might as well grab a 128mb dimm and then rock and roll.

[aphryo]

if it's pc133 DIMMs you need, ram is dirt cheap these days..... might as well grab a 128mb dimm and then rock and roll.

[Dave's not here]

64 mb kingston pc133 - $20 includes shipping http://www.newegg.com