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9 Apr 2003, 11:59
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Which *nix Desktop/Distro?
Hi folks,
I've just been given a PIII-450, 8gb HD and 128mb ram.
For a while I've meant to get round to having a *nix desktop again (over 3 years since I ran Gnome on RH6.?)
I no longer have a fast .net connection at home, but can download lots at work.
So anyway - what would ppl recommend as the ideal distro for the above hardware (I may buy more ram eventually)? I was thinking of the Ximian Gnome desktop, but apparently it requires quite a lot of resources now.
I (just about) manage a FreeBSD web/db server arm, so while ease-of-use is a plus, I'm not totally against fiddling with configs and stuff!
EDIT: I plan to use it for PHP/MySQL and also learning Python and Postgres and chatting ofc 
Any suggestions welcome!
M.
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9 Apr 2003, 12:39
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any major distro will be fine, it's mostly up to preference
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9 Apr 2003, 12:40
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Originally posted by inf
any major distro will be fine, it's mostly up to preference
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I was wondering what ppl's preference's where!
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9 Apr 2003, 13:08
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Debian or Gentoo are my current favorites. Gentoo likes to compile everything so with a 400odd MHz machine i would say debian.
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9 Apr 2003, 14:48
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Originally posted by Mong
I was wondering what ppl's preference's where!
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Slackware is what I would choose, but I'd recommend debian or gentoo if you want funky package management.
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9 Apr 2003, 16:03
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Fluxbox, FreeBSD
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9 Apr 2003, 16:12
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linux from scratch!!! 
or not.
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9 Apr 2003, 16:13
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Fluxbox, FreeBSD
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I've never understood the point of Sawmill, Fluxbox, et al.
Urely once you've got KDE/Gnome installed, that's the end of the story?
I'm torn between Gentoo and FreeBSD in terms of the distro now, although Ximian isn't supported.
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9 Apr 2003, 16:35
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I've never understood the point of Sawmill, Fluxbox, et al.
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Because things like fluxbox are an alternative to the feature heavy gnome/kde.
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9 Apr 2003, 19:52
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Because things like fluxbox are an alternative to the feature heavy gnome/kde.
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i have found fluxbox via vnc to be most useful
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10 Apr 2003, 14:09
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Gentoo... and tbh... if I can run Gentoo on a P166, compiling everything, you sure can do it on a PIII-450 
Besides... what would be better for learning python than a distro based on tools written in python..
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10 Apr 2003, 17:50
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Because things like fluxbox are an alternative to the feature heavy gnome/kde.
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Ah, I thought these were WM's built on TOP of Gnome/KDE in the way Ximian is kinda another layer(ish) to Gnome.
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11 Apr 2003, 14:27
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Gentoo...
If u want Ximian, and its popular i'm sure someone will have created an ebuild for it if theres not one in the portage tree.
* net-mail/ximian-connector [ Masked ]
Latest version available: 1.2.2_p1
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 742 kB
Homepage: http://www.ximian.com
Description: Ximian Connector (An Evolution Plugin to talk to Exchange Servers)
Thats all i can find in Portage.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.p...ghlight=ximian
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.p...ghlight=ximian
migth explain a bit more
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11 Apr 2003, 22:55
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I'd recommend running Slackware 8.1, cause that's my favorite distro atm. If your going to install Slackware 8.1, then i recommend you to try Enlightenment. Atleast it seems to work fine on the pc's we have at school, and they have almos the same specs as yours(except for 128 MB more ram).
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11 Apr 2003, 23:50
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Are you the reason PA web servers appear to be running Gentoo?
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12 Apr 2003, 00:11
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Quote:
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Are you the reason PA web servers appear to be running Gentoo?
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not at all, i only found out PA were running Gentoo recently. AFTER i'd started using it myself
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12 Apr 2003, 09:27
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Quote:
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I'd recommend running Slackware 8.1, cause that's my favorite distro atm. If your going to install Slackware 8.1, then i recommend you to try Enlightenment. Atleast it seems to work fine on the pc's we have at school, and they have almos the same specs as yours(except for 128 MB more ram).
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Why Slackware 8.1 and not 9.0?
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12 Apr 2003, 15:07
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I avoid KDE/Gnome like the plague, reminds me too much of microsoft.
Slackware with fvwm2 is my current preference.
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14 Apr 2003, 14:48
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Slackware 9.0 + fluxbox is my personal choice.
or FreeBSD ofc.
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