Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Philip Webb
050916 Mario Carugno wrote: > Thank you John. Can you recommend some distro for such machines ? Have a look at http://lwn.net/Distributions/ , which has categories 'special/mini', 'older Intel' & 'small disk'. Unless you're an old-hardware fanatic or a masochist, Gentoo is not suitable for your

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread maxim wexler
depends on the features you want. Linux will live on your setup(assuming that's 40MB RAM) --- Mario Carugno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation > needs some compilation ? > I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB > Pentium I / 120mhz, and if > s

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/16/05, Mario Carugno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and if some compilation is needed, i could forget it.   Is Gentoo suited for such old computers ?   T

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Mario Carugno
Thank you John. Can you recommend some distro for such machines ? On 9/16/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 16 September 2005 11:32, Mario Carugno wrote:> Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? > I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Jarry
Mario Carugno wrote: > Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? Compilation of packages is what makes Gentoo different from others... > I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and if > some compilation is needed, i could forget it. F

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread John Jolet
On Friday 16 September 2005 11:32, Mario Carugno wrote: > Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? > I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and > if some compilation is needed, i could forget it. > Is Gentoo suited for such old comput

[gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Mario Carugno
Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and if some compilation is needed, i could forget it.   Is Gentoo suited for such old computers ?   Thank you all.