Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 25, 2006 02:15 AM
As somebody who, on principle, does never EVER spend money on new computers, I can attest that GNU/Linux does a great job on old hardware. Personally, my preference goes to Debian-Sarge which I run on an old 300MHz machine and with full KDE is *faster* then on some of the newest Apple machines (-: I know, I tried with a Maccie friend who was quite shoked<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
For really old machines I would reccommend Damn Small Linux (DSL) which is an absolutely fantastic distro.
And if you do not need GUI, even the lastest Kanotix runs very well on old hardware.
My fastest machine is a 800MHz and my slowest a PentiumPro!!
All work just fine and cost me no money.
The money I save goes to the FSF and the Debian project.
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good article - important issue
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 25, 2006 02:15 AMFor really old machines I would reccommend Damn Small Linux (DSL) which is an absolutely fantastic distro.
And if you do not need GUI, even the lastest Kanotix runs very well on old hardware.
My fastest machine is a 800MHz and my slowest a PentiumPro!!
All work just fine and cost me no money.
The money I save goes to the FSF and the Debian project.
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