Re: [aclug-L] Recommendation!!

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It could make an X Terminal (somewhat slow w/ 8mb RAM, but useable).

With another 8-16mb RAM, it could do "anything" that any other Linux box
could do, it'd just be a bit slow.

I have a 486DX/33 w/ 12mb RAM running as an X Terminal, so if you run your
X clients somewhere else, even 8mb would make a *useable* X Terminal,
although another 4-8mb would really help a lot.


On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Mohammad Islam wrote:

> Hello List members,
> 
> I have a 486dx66 siting around collecting dust. I am going to install
> linux on it sometime this week.(Skeleton install) It only has 8 megs of
> ram and 240 megs HD. My question is.. what can i do with this machine
> and linux? I basically want to turn it into a netwrok monitor for my LAN
> and want to monitor network traffic. Any pointers on how that can be
> achieved? What else can i do with it? Please gimme some recommendation.
> I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mohammed
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