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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Slowest machine for Gentoo?
From:       Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-04-30 23:06:33
Message-ID: 200405010106.40165 () postmaster ! bugcops ! org
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Am Samstag, 1. Mai 2004 00:52 schrieb Simon Matthews:
> What is the slowest machine on which it is practical to install a
> desktop Gentoo system?
>
> I have a system running on a K6-2 500MHz, but not I am considering an
> install on a K6 333MHz. Is this possible? The machine has a decent
> amount of memory (296MB).

Absolutely, go for it!

> I have a much faster machine that could aid compilation through distcc,
> but since many ebuilds don't use the MAKEOPTS variable and others disable
> distcc (such as XFree86), compilation times could be huge.

For running Gentoo the machine surely would be fast enough, for compiling
it you could let it use the nights...  :-)

I recently installed SuSE 9.1 on a Pentium II, 300 MHz, 196 MB RAM
which is not as good as your machine: everything including newest KDE
and OpenOffice 1.1.1 is running nicely there.  OK, startup times are
of course longer than on a fast machine, but I can stand it: runtime
behavior of the programs is really fine.

Karl-Heinz
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