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11-22-2003, 12:07 PM
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
This message was sent to me 19 Oct 2003 by Nick Hill. Paul Knight and him did a good amount of experimenting with Dam Small and retro hardware. Their activities culminated in a "Retro Hardware Party" where they ran DSL on a 486SX33 and a 486DX2, both with 16MB of ram.
We successfully used a machine- a 486SX33 16Mb ram to surf the web and send email. Even used it as a remote station to edit pictures using the GIMP over a broadband link. Not exactly fast, but can be done. Takes 10-15 seconds to render news.bbc.co.uk.
PIC (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dmesg-screen-1.jpg)
The download package is 50mb & has pretty much all the applications you would need. Perfect for people with some small machines & don't know what to install on them.:)
This message was sent to me 19 Oct 2003 by Nick Hill. Paul Knight and him did a good amount of experimenting with Dam Small and retro hardware. Their activities culminated in a "Retro Hardware Party" where they ran DSL on a 486SX33 and a 486DX2, both with 16MB of ram.
We successfully used a machine- a 486SX33 16Mb ram to surf the web and send email. Even used it as a remote station to edit pictures using the GIMP over a broadband link. Not exactly fast, but can be done. Takes 10-15 seconds to render news.bbc.co.uk.
PIC (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dmesg-screen-1.jpg)
The download package is 50mb & has pretty much all the applications you would need. Perfect for people with some small machines & don't know what to install on them.:)
