[plug] Newby with SUSE 6.2 on a P100/16Meg

[James Tan]

----- Original Message -----
From: James Robert New <james_new_us at yahoo.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Newby with SUSE 6.2 on a P100/16Meg


> On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, James Tan wrote:
> A text one better than lynx (handles frames is W3M)
> But the lightest gui web client  could be amaya 2.4
>
> I would recomend the june/july ed of "Maximum Linux" pages 39 to 47 &&
Software
> on disk


OK

> I guess you haven't any spare ram slots

On the P100 yes, enuff for another 16Megs, but it's 72-pin slots.

> redhat 5.2 & windowmaker was very quick on my old test unit 586 133mhz
(p100)
> with 32MB ram And netscape was as quick as it gets (slow on all systems)
> if you plan to use netscape avoid communicator and stick with the plain
old
> navigator.

I was hoping for something like really lite and quick like Opera .

>
> Avoid staroffice
>

For the time being, yes.

> I would recommend the next step use one of your faster machines, don't be
> afraid,  try redhat 6.2 or corel these seem to be bootable from windoze
and
> safe save important work files on another disk just to be safe!
>
> Copies of all the stuff U need are available and help is available.
>
>

Thanks James.

Regards
James