My recommendation ...
Debian 1.3x
I have a T2100 (486/50) upgraded to 20MB RAM and a 2GB Hard-Drive, takes it
no hassle at all !! The T1900 is the same AFAIR
4MB will be a *very* tight install, but it is doable ... I did, but I will
recommend a RAM upgrade ...
Proinnsias
> -----Original Message-----
>> Anyone care to recommend a distribution for my laptop. It's a T1910CS
> 486/33 with 4Mb RAM and a 200Mb hard drive[1]. I currently have Win3.1 on
> a
> 60Mb partition, Slackware ??? an a 120Mb partition and 20Mb swap.
>> I don't intend to run X since it takes about half an hour to start up. I
> currently log in through the serial port through a getty but I'd like to
> be
> able to use telnet and ftp. I'd eventually like to stick a network card in
> and use it for a firewall.
>> I want to be able to play with perl, c and sql.
>> I have the following distributions...
> RedHat: 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
> Slackware: 3 (I think)
> Debian: 1.3.1
> Mandrake: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
>> I'm looking for something that will install without too much trouble. My
> desktop OS is Mandrake 7.2 and I'm rather fond of rpms, or should that be
> rpm's. :)
>> I'm on the digest so please remember to cc me.
>> Peter
>> [1] If anyone had some RAM or a Hard Drive for this machine I'd rethink my
> strategy.
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