Sorry, I didn't mean to sound harsh, but I have tried RedHat 7.2, Mandrake 7.1, and Redmond Linux (Lycoris) on a test machine and all of them have ran rather slow, even after removing extra unneeded apps and stuff. I really need to have the performance to be real close to the Windows invironment on the same hardware. If I can get the performance, I can start moving it to desktops. > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Jim Streit wrote: > > > The equipment is older, like p200 and 64 meg ram, 1.2 gb drives. > > > > The setup has to perform close, if not as well as Windows 98, with > > Office 97 and Outlook, on the same hardware. > > > > Is this even possible with Linux or should I just forget about it? > > That is mean and cruel, Jim. I run that as my PRIMARY WORKSTATION!!! Ok, > 1.2 Gb is a little small but pretty much any mature distro will give you > everything you need. I use RH6.2 on mine but there's no reason 7.2 > wouldn't work just as dandy. Or Debian, or slack, or, or or... > > Seriously, there's nothing shoddy about this system at all. Now, I have > the same requirements for my 486 Thinkpad, that has been an interesting > task... :-) > > -Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >