Re: [PLUG] Linux flavour recommendation

2008-06-14 Thread Manas Alekar
The slackware suggestion makes a lot of sense. Especially considering the fact that it is the only distribution compiling packages with optimisations for i486 ! Most newer distributions will use optimisations for i686 at least which assumes pipeline structure, which simply will not work on a old ma

[PLUG] [Announce] Linuxchix India - City Meet Pune 14th June 2008

2008-06-14 Thread shirish
Hi all, Runa it would have been better if you had posted the linuxchix India meet with some advance notice. There is possibility I could have atleast posted it to my organization's internal mailing list :( . Lemme also take this opportunity to reply to Guru's mail of the other day. Guru the Repor

Re: [PLUG] Linux flavour recommendation

2008-06-14 Thread Amit Karpe
Hi, On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Rohan Dighe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Nikhil Karkare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am planning to install Linux on several Pentium-1 and Pentium-2 > machines > > that I have. > > My basic necessity is that they run

Re: [PLUG] Linux flavour recommendation

2008-06-14 Thread Rohan Dighe
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Nikhil Karkare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am planning to install Linux on several Pentium-1 and Pentium-2 machines > that I have. > My basic necessity is that they run Firefox with the Flash plugin (is this > realizable?) > I have tried various flavours lik