I had to switch to linux mint on two old machines because for some reason,
the X11 server refused to start to get on a graphical session. Not Cool

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:09 AM, Ralf Corsepius <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 09/06/2017 01:41 PM, Tim wrote:
>
>> And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware?
>>
>
> Why should it not be?
>
> Just because some $DEITY@Redhat has decided you to throw away your old
> hardware you must do so?
>
> Up to fc25 it was technically perfectly possible to run Fedora on a
> variety of old hardware. Wth f26 things have tightened - f26 runs on some
> ix86s but doesn't on others.
>
> Whether it is feasible for a personal use case, is up to you to decide.
>
> I chose Fedora because I run Fedora on all of my machines and because I
> didn't want to add the personal load to maintain yet another OS.
>
> Now RH and FESCO seems to be want to push me to draw a decision - ATM, I
> am evaluating other distros and am not sure I will continue support Fedora.
>
>  On my older
>> 32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible.  They're
>> too slow for being fancy with the graphics card.  And, some can't even
>> run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM.  The
>> minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years.
>>
>
> Well, don't read too much into the docs. I have been running Fc26 w/ xfce4
> on a Pentium III w/ 512MB RAM. No way with Gnome or KDE on this system.
>
> Ralf
>
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