Neil Errington writes:
> [...] I have one set up that I am having trouble with on some very old
> hardware so I'd come along anyway just to pick brains (system is Pentium II
> 233MHz on dual boot with Win95 (only for the case of operating an instrument
> that has Win95 only software requirements)).
Less of the "very old" if you don't mind!
I'm happily using a Pentium 133MHz with 64MB ram and 12GB scsi
as a desktop workstation at home, running linux-2.2.19 and X11.
Originally I set it up as a look-a-like for my desktop machine
at work (sun), with similar text/www/mail/graphics/programming
facilities. That was 6 years ago, but I'm not expecting to scrap
it for a year or two yet.
This must be another of linux's big advantages - longer life for
desktop machines. There's no need to run humungous applications
such as all the K stuff, Netscrape, StarOrifice, VMWare, when
simpler tools are available for unix.
I use twm as window-manager, with ~40 applications in its menus,
although I presume I could add lots more if I wanted more things
to click on. (Anyone know how well this scales?)
The main thing I lack is fast 3D rendering with the current setup.
I boggle at how single-users keep 2GHz machines occupied.
Isn't this relevant for desktop machines in the workplace too?
What is their average lifetime?
Ted.
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