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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Un*x/KDE on old machine
From:       David Klemm <klemm () abacus ! at>
Date:       1998-11-17 21:23:15
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Quoting Sirtaj Singh Kang (ssk@physics.unimelb.edu.au):

> On 15 Nov 1998, Andre Masella wrote:
> [snip]
> > I have an older 386 computer (2meg RAM, 40meg HD, PS mouse, 2.4 bps modem, VGA
> > greyscale screen)and I was wondering if putting some variety of Un*x  on it
> > would be worth while and have X with KDE or something like that with a nice
> > simple word processor.
> 
> I hate to say this, but if you're just looking to run a word processor on
> that system, you're probably better off running DOS + Wordperfect. X may
> run (doubt it) but you won't get even a fraction of one KDE app into that
> much memory. 

One could also install a minimum linux (no X) and use emacs as
wordprocessor (maube composing LaTex docs)

;ß)

cu David

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