High, On 22 Mar 2002, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Hi, > > Over the comming months I am starting a "teach-your-self" program. I > am learning more of linux than just a desktop. I have a small lan at home > for my wife, daughters and myself. The three of them use WinXP, and I > have a desktop of myown running stable and a file server for all of > us, also running stable. > > I now have come by two old machines that I want to employ, but before > I throw mt self at it, I want to know if they are up to the task, and > also if they are, will they likley remain suitable for the tasks as > new versions of software are released > > 1: I have a 133MHz pentium, 1Gb disk and 32Mb ram. I want to use this > as a firewall. > > 2: Also an 400MHz AMD K6-2, 6Gb disk and 80Mb ram. This is to be a > name server and an email server > > Neither of them will have X on them, so what I need to know is; > a: they are not up to the tasks > b: they are just up to the tasks > c: they are easily up to the tasks > > If the answer is a: or b:, what could be done to improve the > situation. Asking a lot in a single message, but I dont want to start > then find that they just won't do the job(s) > 1: c+ 2: c+ all on machine 1: c It all depends on how intensive your homenetwork will be. If it is just you and your family, the first machine will be able to do all the jobs easily. I have had a 486 with 12MB ram running with all services that you want. Now I have a powermac 7200/166 which does the same and is also a proxy server. Greetz, Sebastiaan
