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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Long Nguyen wrote:
> > What version of BL would you recommend for the following machines:
> > 1) 486 DX2 66Mhz, 32 MB RAM
> > 2) Pentium 166 Mhz, 72 MB RAM
>
> Personally, I would use BL3 with the 486 and BL2 with
> the Pentium.  With 72mb RAM the Pentium is powerful
> enough to run demanding glibc binaries (like Opera),
> which is easier on a BL2 foundation.
>
> However, when I have a bit of spare time, I'd like
> to experiment with installing libraries from a recent
> Slackware on BL3 and trying to run Opera (or Phoenix).
>
>
> Cheers,
> Steven

Opera 7.5x is available compiled for Slackware 7.1 so should not even need 
a recent Slackware glibc.  7.23 needed glibc2.2.5 (SW8.1).

BL2 already comes with 'user' and a regular X server set up, which some 
people need for linux classes.  lpr can't be run as 'root'.