Re: Re:What version of Linux?

Christian Reiniger <creinig@mayn.de> wrote: > Well, my home server is a wimpy P90 with 48MB RAM. It serves as web > server (all my technical docs, php website testing, more), web cache > (WWWoffle), web filter (junkbuster), file server (nfs and samba), > masquerading internet gateway, firewall, mail server (also processing my > pretty big .procmailrc), print server and propably also something else :) > Ah, yes. MySQL for my php stuff also runs on it. That's pretty impressive! > The only problem I have with its performance is that it's only connected > to my other machines via 10 MBit ethernet (well, and the ram is a bit on > the low side). The processor's limits aren't reached by a long shot. It'd be interesting to do some benchmarking on it. My guess (nothing more) is that the limitations are RAM, disk read/write speed and network speed in that order. > > The 486 could be used as a Windows box connected to the server and/or > > as an X client (in which case 32Mb of RAM would be just fine). > > I'd say a combination of good text editor + browser requires more > resources than a apache+PHP+mysql in such a scenario. And don't forget > that you have to sit in front of the development (client) box all day and > getting a decent graphics card for a 486 is *hard* Yes, I must admit that while I find an VGA display on Windows just about acceptable, it's not something I would like to live with permanently. But I think that Win 98 + 32Mb + Xclient (maybe with the Windows version of Gvim as editor) should be workable. Of course, the reason that 486s are being abandoned (apart from hype) are mainly down to the lack of decent video cards and the price/compatability issues surrounding memory. (Which gives Penguin heads the chance to snap them up for next to nothing and turn them into print servers, firewalls, and routers!) -- ****************************************************************************** Marx: "Why do Anarchists only drink herbal tea?" Proudhon: "Because all proper tea is theft." ******************************************************************************