Re: [misterhouse-users] Which OS for Dell Latitude LM, 2gig, 40MB, 133mhz

[Scott J. <sc...@sc...>]

Jack,

Doubtful win2k would even load or run on that box. Go linux and check 
out this page for a rundown on the diffs between SCO and Linux

http://pcunix.com/Linux/scolindiff.html

You won't have any trouble running Linux and MH on that box. I have 
clients running RedHat 6.x on similar boxes so I know X should run fine. 
KDE 1.x even runs respectably if you wanted to go that route. I ran MH 
with the festival tts engine on a 486 with 40mb for awhile...it worked, 
but there was a long delay between the time the engine started and the 
speech actually came out. Maybe the 133 is enough faster to be 
tolerable. I also had trouble with ibutton temperatures, but again maybe 
that box has enough juice for it to work.


Scott



Jack Inman wrote:

> I am starting a new install of misterhome on a dell laptop. I did not 
> see a FAQ, sooo.
>
> Which is a better choice MS win 2000, Linux, Solaris to start with. I 
> don't mind changing later if it does not work out. I have very much 
> Unix experience on Solaris and SCO UNIX, some on win 2000 and none on 
> Linux. I use perl every day and a little HTML so that's not an issue. 
> I have a fixed ip address cable connection and want to get the whole 
> web suite running eventually. Not to interested in talking to it, but 
> like the idea of it keeping me up to date on what is going on by voice 
> and email.
>
> I have an Interlogic 1400e. I load my HA commands into it from a DOS 
> program. I just turn lights on and off now.
>
> First post for me so take it easy.
>