[Cialug] what distros were out in 1996?

[James Shoemaker]

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James Shoemaker wrote:
> 
>>>Try Debian http://www.debian.org.
>>>Install the minimum. 
>>>If it runs fine, start adding software: apt-get install <package name>.
>>>
>>>Debian has worked for me on older systems in the past. That's how I was
>>>originally introduced to the distro.
> 
> 
> 	That's my suggestion, but grab woody before it is gone because the
> sarge installer has issues with low memory and small hard drives.  Woody
> works with old/slow hardware.  I just installed it on a 486 laptop with
> 16Meg RAM and a 120Meg hard drive.
> 

	Once you get woody installed you can safely dist-upgrade to sarge
happily, the issue is with the installer.

James
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