[plug] mandrake-linux

rpowersau at gmail.com rpowersau at gmail.com
Thu Jan 13 12:22:36 WST 2005


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:39:43 +0800, Jacqueline McNally
<j-conversations at decisions-and-designs.com.au> wrote:
> rpowersau at gmail.com wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:29:48 +0800, Bob Linus <bob0linus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>A 486 is too old for a newbie to setup.  I don't think Mandrake has
> >>486 binaries, and the minimum ram specs would still at least be around
> >>64MB.  This is a job for a linux pro and/or someone to assist Mary
> >
> >
> > Maybe the CA distro would suit this situation?
> 
> Our minimum hardware spec is PII 233 64 Mb RAM. We have declined
> donations of 486s for over a year.

Oops, sorry.

>  > That is if it's
>  > publicly available?
> 
> As has been explained before, I think by Craig, it is not a distro but a
> Debian based custom install(s). 

Yeah, I remember that thread. Just couldn't remember what it was called.  :)

> We certainly will not be adding to the
> pool at DistroWatch.com :)

You never know, it may hit the top ten. I'm sure there are a lot of
computers out there that could use it.  :)

> 
> Regards
> Jacqueline
> http://www.decisions-and-designs.com.au/jacqueline
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Regards,
Russ



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