Mininum System Requirements for Linux

[CrimsonWolf]

This is kind of a two-part question.

1. I have no experience with Linux whatsoever. However, I wish to learn so I can ween myself off of M$. These are the various distributions that I can get a hold of; Mandrake Linux 7.2, Redhat Linux 7 Standard Edition, and SuSE Linux 7.0 Personal Edition. I've heard that SuSE is the best distro for beginners but I would like to make sure.

2. I plan on installing this on my much older system downstairs and I was curious as to what the ideal system requirements are. Here is a rundown of the system, check the link in my sig for more detailed info:

-200Mhz IDT Winchip (yes, I know it's a POS chip but I got it for free)
-64MB 60ns EDO
-3.1GB WD hard drive
-16MB Diamond Monster Fusion

Is this sufficient for just messing around in the OS?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Shuxclams]

Yes that will work just fine, don't expect to be humming aroung in X-windows though. 🙂





SHUX

 

[CTho9305]

You could run an older X, but it would suck

 

[doug]

I run X on a 586/133 (AMD chip to upgrade the 486/66) 64MB RAM, it's slow but fine for messing with Linux.
Also pn a P133 64MB RAM, 700MB partition.

 

[andri]

Well, I once used Linux on a 386DX33, 8 MB RAM and 200MB hard drive... worked just fine.

 

[Moonbeam]

I was reading some stuff for newbies last night that said there is a low ram linux that runs on 4MB.

Some good stuff here.

 

[Workin']

I'm running Red Hat 6.2 on a NEC Versa 4050H laptop. It has a Pentium 90, 40MB of RAM, 810MB hard drive, and a Chips & Technologies 65545 graphics decellerator. X Windows and Gnome 1.2 run OK on it, not blazing fast but not too bad, either. The whole setup (including an 80MB swap partition) takes up about 750MB of HD space.

The ole' Winchip box should be plenty good.

 

[erikistired]

my system:

p166mmx
80mb ram
3gb hdd
2mb trident video
no sound
zoom 56k pcmcia modem

redhat 6.2
windowmaker
navigator 4.76

runs great for me

 

[Noriaki]

*shrugs* I have linux running a 486dx33 with 8MB of RAM and no hard drive at all so bleh! 😉

Linux itself is very low on system resource usage...for X-Windows I'd say it's about as resource heavy as Win95.

So a 200Mhz CPU with 64MB RAM should be fine for it.
My P150 with 32MB of RAM was quite happy.