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 > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| [email protected] ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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