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:LinuxPlanet: SuSE Linux Demonstrates Old PCs Still Have Use
LinuxPlanet: SuSE Linux Demonstrates Old PCs Still Have Use
May 12, 2003, 21 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (14720 reads)

(Other stories by Rob Reilly)

"What? Are you nuts? Running SuSE 8.2 Linux Professional on a 150 Mhz Pentium? That will never work.

"That's exactly what I did do and it did work, admirably.

"SuSE 8.2 Linux Professional has many great features and is easy to get up and running. Most of the readers probably have more current hardware, but isn't it comforting to know that the latest and greatest offering from SuSE will run well on just about anything you have in your company? That should calm the frayed nerves of any CIO, in this day of stingy budgets and a tight business environment.

"Speaking of budgets, let's not forget that the SuSE 8.2 Professional version costs $79.95 at the SuSE store online. With no licensing headaches. It includes: the 2.4.20 kernel, KDE 3.1, Gnome 2.2, OpenOffice.org 1.0.2, Apache 2.0.44, desktop sharing, and a whole host of other enhancements over previous versions. The SuSE installation program YAST2 has been upgraded considerably with intelligent default values and clean, coherent user interface screens..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
> The hardware was a standard old office ...   Memory?   
watchman
May 12, 2003, 21:15:43
 
> > The hardware was a standard old offi ...   Re: Memory?   
scott_R
May 12, 2003, 22:50:50
 
> > The hardware was a standard old offi ...   Re: Memory?   
Bruce
May 12, 2003, 23:24:24
 
what is the point here, somebody sat dow ...   Yeah - I can run linux on a 486 too   
SuSE
May 12, 2003, 23:41:25
 
> > The hardware was a standard old offi ...   Re: Memory?   
Greg Kondrasuk
May 13, 2003, 01:14:56
 
We buy used Dell gx's and gx1's, ...   linux serves our company quite well   
Ryan
May 13, 2003, 03:25:38
 
> The hardware was a standard old office ...   Re: Memory?   
Wol
May 13, 2003, 07:48:17
 
Now at our company we are going to switc ...   old machines   
steffen
May 13, 2003, 07:56:50
 
> > The hardware was a standard old offi ...   Re: Memory?   
Jurgen Defurne
May 13, 2003, 08:22:14
 
I think the reason for this article is t ...   Re: Yeah - I can run linux on a 486 too   
Kevin
May 13, 2003, 10:38:17
 
> what is the point here, . . .  otherwi ...   Re: Yeah - I can run linux on a 486 too   
Rufus Polson
May 13, 2003, 17:06:53
 
why buy a new PC (and another windows li ...   windows digging their own grave   
yuri vil
May 13, 2003, 17:25:07
 
> What are you talking about?!!! I can r ...   I can repeat it to you if you need it   
watchman
May 13, 2003, 17:43:46
 
> what is the point here, somebody sat d ...   Re: Yeah - I can run linux on a 486 too   
Aaron J. Seigo
May 13, 2003, 22:42:11
 
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