On 22 Jan, 16:22, firefox <j...@ver.net> wrote:
> fetag wrote:
> > On 22 Jan, 20:46, firefox <j...@ver.net> wrote:
>
> >> I have a 10 GB hard drive with windows Me on it. I was planning to
> >> partition the hard drive in half and install Fedora 8 on it. How much
> >> space does the typical Fedora 8 installation require? Is 5GB enough?
> >> Also, the computer only has 160 MB of RAM. Would it be a good idea to
> >> add on the additional 96MB so it has 256MB of RAM? 256MB is the biggest
> >> it can hold. I was also wondering about my modem. I use a U.S. Robotics
> >> 56K modem card for Windows. Is it possible to make it work under Fedora
> >> or any other Linux distribution?
>
> >> firefox
>
> > I think, you'd better not to install fedora. because, a basic fedora
> > will need about 4G hard disk space, in addition, the memory is too
> > small. if you run a popular GUI, it will be very slow. If you have
> > interesting, you can try Debian or Ubuntu
>
> Thanks for the info fetag. I think I will get a bigger hard drive and
> add on the maximum amount of memory. I will definitely look at Debian
> and Ubuntu and see if I like them.
>
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Why notkeep the old Windows one around for dual-booting if you need
it?