[linux-help] Re: Kool download complete linux off of CD Works

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's baloney!  I've run X in 8mb before, and I'm sure it could be
configured to run in less.

-- Jonathan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:22 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Kool download complete linux off of CD Works


>
> index.html  choose "en" it explains that anything less than 64meg of ram
will not support xwindows.
>
> mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bruce [SMTP:bbales@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:39 AM
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Kool download complete linux off of CD  Works
>
>
> On Thursday 19 December 2002 09:48 am, you wrote:
>
> >Don't make me come down there and bitch slap you! ;)
>
> > Actually, you should be surprised it ran at all, since the
> > docs state quite plainly not to even TRY to run Knoppix and X
> > with less than 90 megs of memory.
>
> Please don't hit me.  I did look for something called
> "requirements" and didn't find it.  Most of the docs I found
> were in German.  I learned that "inhaltsvertzeichnis" means
> table of contents.
>
> The last paragraph of my "review" does say I was quite
> impressed.  And I was.  I believe Knoppix is a big step forward
> in ease of installation.  As I recall, it only asked me one
> question about the hardware - giving a choice of no of
> characters per line and lines per screen.  I chose 80x25 from
> about 10 choices.  Everything else it found on its own.
>
> A number of attributes can be assigned or changed at boot time
> - I didn't study these or try any of them.  Maybe I could have
> had a better screen - the monitor I was using is 1024x768
> capable.
>
> I believe we will see more of Knoppix.
> bruce
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