[plug] Minimum spec's for Mandrake 9

[I am the LinuxAlien]

I'm currently running Mandrake 9 on a p200 32mb ram so i think you should 
be ok. And yes that is with a GUI.
The wonders of Linux
Tim
At 18:03 07/02/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>On Friday 07 February 2003 03:04 pm, David Buddrige wrote:
> > Hi all you Mandrake guys out there... 8-)
>
> > My brother was wanting to load up Linux on a spare computer he has to play
> > with it, and check out what it's like.  The spec's on the hardware he has
> > is:
>
> > Pentium II (233 to 333 MHz) system with about 128 Mb RAM and between 7-13
> > gig of hard-drive.
>
> > I had planned to suggest Mandrake 9; I've been a redhat guy in the past,
> > but with the UI of Redhat 8, I suspect it might be a bit sluggish;  Will
> > the above spec's be sufficiently powerful to happily run Mandrake 9?
>
>Yes. With a nice video card, it will even do stuff like transparent menus
>nicely. Do get the latest updates (including kernel) after you install it.
>
>     urpmi.addmedia iiNet ftp://ftp.ii.net/linux/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS \
>       with ../base/hdlist.cz
>     urpmi.update iiNet
>     urpmi --auto-select
>
>I also dd the install CDs onto the drive and set them up as URPMI sources 
>if I
>have the space; it's a great convenience on down the track.
>
>Cheers; Leon

LinuxAlien

Riverton, Perth, WA