Re: [PLUG] Win98 End of Life -> Lin98?

LeRoy Cressy <ldc@lrcressy.com> · 2003年12月17日 13:03:00 -0500

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Debian works good for me when upgrading from windows to Linux. I also 
like fvwm2 or fvwm 95 because they use very little system resources.
On a system with only 64M ram I would not run any of the desktops that 
use up system resources. Also dosemu works great. Also make a kernel 
that uses the least amount of memory for these legacy systems. Debian 
has a great package for creating custom kernels called make-kpkg. You 
can compile the kernel on your workstation which creates a deb file with 
all of the modules included.
W. Chris Shank wrote:

I've got many clients still using Windows 98 - either because they
really don't need any more or they have some legacy application that
won't run on newer windows (DOS apps).
Seems to me this could be a good opportunity to get Linux converts if

there were a linux distro specifically tailored to machines currently

running Win98 (ie: lowerend P2 and up, 64M ram, etc). Their needs are

generally minimal: internet, email, office, and maybe a special DOS

application or two. If this distro included a working/easy DOS layer, I

could get several clients to switch right away. 
Does anyone know of a distro focused on this type of user? 
What windows manager would be pretty good - I heard that XFCE is a

rather lightweight desktop? 
Are there any distros specifically focused on Xfce? 
Does anyone have a similar need for their clients? Would you be

interested in a distro that did this? 
thanks

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