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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Legacy hardware support in openSUSE 10.3
From:       Ken Schneider - openSUSE <suse-list3 () bout-tyme ! net>
Date:       2009-06-16 14:17:57
Message-ID: 4A37A995.2 () bout-tyme ! net
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Roger Oberholtzer pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> I have had a request by a client to see if some legacy hardware is
> supported by openSUSE 10.3. Most of the things they asked about I could
> sort out. It just left me with this:
> 
> 	ASUS P2B-S Motherboard (CPU - Pentium 2 350/512/100/2.0 S1)
> 
> 	ATI Mach 64 PCI
> 
> The system should run KDE 3.5. No fancy graphics effects. I suspect it
> could be pushing it with a 350 MHz P2. Even id the graphics card is
> decent. Aside from suggesting a hardware upgrade, any constructive
> opinions?
> 

I have 11.1 installed with KDE 3.x and it seems to do all right. By the
way my board is a P2B-DS motherboard with two cpu's installed. You might
want to consider a lighter weight desktop for your setup.

-- 
Ken Schneider
SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998
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