how high a version of Fedora can I expect to run well

[Bob Kinney]

--- On Sat, 5/23/09, Buz Davis <buzdavis at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Buz Davis <buzdavis at earthlink.net>
> Subject: how high a version of Fedora can I expect to run well
> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 8:59 PM
> Guys,
> 
> I have a couple of Linux boxes, both with 500 mhz AMD-K6-2
> processors.
> One has 256 k ram and the other 320.  I would like to
> (finally) upgrade
> from RH9 to Fedora.  (Actually, I tried the other
> night to upgrade one using a set of disks that came with a
> book.  The update started but then aborted saying the
> second cd was invalid.  Fortunately, the system will
> still run - grub thinks it is booting a version of Fedora
> but most everything else is left-over from RH9).
> 
> So I started looking at vendors of Linux install CD's, and
> found that
> Fedora doesn't seem to include system requirements in its
> descriptions.
> From the little I could glean from what I saw I think I
> might be able to run Fedora 9, but would like to have a more
> knowledgeable opinion.
> 
> I mainly use these machines to surf the internet.  I
> do some console-oriented C programming, and would like to
> learn to program for the X windows system, including 2D
> vector graphics.  Is there a better choice than Fedora
> 9 ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Buz Davis
> 
> _You might want to take a look at some of the minimalist distros.

I like Puppy Linux for old hardware.  Damn Small Linux turned an
old laptop with 256MB into a pretty nice media player for me, but
I found it too tedious trying to add functionality.  To its credit,
it used only 20MB of memory, including the window manager.

--bk