Re: [UUG/MLUG] TOASTER.

[Tymm Twillman <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 7 May 1999, Neil Warner wrote:

> 	Sorry if this is ignorant 'cause i haven't searched...
>  
> Any luck on the Linux Toaster project?  IE, what about the "idiot user" if
> you will, and people's arguments that Linux is very difficult to setup and
> administer? I could accept conceivably that that is its one serious
> drawback, outweighed by other factors in many occasions, but if there is
> progress in that area.
>  
> And can anyone sugest a good way to do a ****X  (grin) on my Compaq
> Contura 486/33 laptop. I have 4 meg of RAM and a 14.4 modem currently. I'd
> love to learn about Linux and stuff but the practical goal is to have
> something faster and more usable for netsurfing than Win 3.11 w/ a
> browser.  Am I losing my mind? Is what I have w/ Opera the thing, or can I
> get an X or something somehow.

Yes.  You are losing your mind ;)

really, to run X you want no less than 16 MB.  You might be able to get
one of the tinyX distributions (check freshmeat) to go on this ok.  Linux
itself will run fine on such a machine, and if you can settle for text
browsing, lynx would be decent...

If you just want to browse, you could also check out www.qnx.com; their
demo disk (just 1 1.44Mb floppy) has a windowing system with web browser
and dialup access; it's really pretty darn sweet for the size.

-Tymm