Sorry for the long delay -- just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who responded, you were all very helpful. I'm looking forward to this project -- and I'll see if I can hunt down some extra ram for this machine! thanks, matt
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 10:21:28AM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Hi! > > > A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about > > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > > The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, > > P-II 300 > > 96 meg ram > > 20 gig hard drive > > > > I'd like to take the machine on a month-long trip, where I'd use it > > mmostly for writing and checking email. My *preference* would be to > > run: > > > > -a minimal GUI > > -mutt, plus something to fetch my mail from a remote location > > > > and... > > -openoffice. > > > > > Also, very important. > Go through _all_ the processes you see with ps -ef. > Each and every one you can eliminate helps. > Do you really need atd and crond? or is just one anacrond sufficient? > Do you have lpd or cupsd running, but no printer around? > > Each one of these things you can remove in the first place will greatly help > in the long run. > > I ran stable, and testing for a while, on a 64MB box, with X, and everything > worked fine (apache+mod_perl + mysql + vim + eterms + browser) > > And it was 300MhZ > > You'll be fine. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this > message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or > copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for > information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a > solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of > any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission > cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent > that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as > such. All information is subject to change without notice. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
