OT: Longevity of DVD-R and CD-R / 2-Media Hedge

Jim Leonard trixter at oldskool.org
Thu Mar 17 02:21:53 CST 2005


Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
> If you're on a 486 lower system, you still can install Slack or
> Debian. Strip off X and all the libs completely and run in console
> mode.

I used to run Slackware in X on my 386/40 so don't give up hope yet.  Just 
don't run a bloated window manager like KDE or GNOME or Enlightenment, etc.  I 
ran twm and Afterstep and was very happy, had a 1024x768 screen, too, and this 
was back in 1994.
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