[Linuxcommand-announce] [LinuxCommand.org: Tips, News And Rants] Project: Building An All-Text Linux ...

[William S. <bs...@pa...>]

When I see an old PC in the trash, I have a strong urge to rescue and
adopt it like a stray puppy. My wife, of course, has very effective
ways of constraining my behavior in this regard, so I don't have nearly
as many computers as I want. I hate seeing computers go to waste. I
figure if the processor and the power supply are still working, the
computer should be doing something. So what if it can't run the latest
version of Windows? It can still run Linux!Over the next few weeks, I
will show you how to take an old, slow computer and make it into a
text-only Linux workstation with surprising capabilities, including
document production, email, instant messaging, audio playback, USENET
news, calendaring, and, yes, even web browsing.Why would anyone want to
build a text-only workstation? I don't know. Because we can! And
besides, it's a great way to learn a bunch of command line stuff and
that's why you're here, right?So if you want to play along, find
yourself a computer with a least the following:
- Pentium processor or above
- 64 MB or more of RAM
- 2 GB or larger hard disk
- PS/2 or USB mouse
- A PCI Network card (no ISA or wireless please)We're going to format
over the existing software so don't use a valuable machine for this
project. Many machines from the Windows 98 era should be good
candidates. I will be using an HP Pavilion (circa 1996) with a 600 MHz
Celeron, 320 MB of RAM and a 20 GB disk.Good luck and I will see you
again soon!

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Posted By William Shotts to LinuxCommand.org: Tips, News And Rants at
2/25/2009 05:11:00 PM