[Cialug] what distros were out in 1996?

James Shoemaker cialug@cialug.org
Fri, 20 May 2005 07:46:08 -0500


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> Try Debian http://www.debian.org.
> Install the minimum. 
> If it runs fine, start adding software: apt-get install <package name>.
> 
> Debian has worked for me on older systems in the past. That's how I was
> originally introduced to the distro.

	That's my suggestion, but grab woody before it is gone because the
sarge installer has issues with low memory and small hard drives.  Woody
works with old/slow hardware.  I just installed it on a 486 laptop with
16Meg RAM and a 120Meg hard drive.

James
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