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> Salve,
> I am writing about the possibility of a 2.4.31 kernel (based on Slackware
> 11) version of BL which I desume from recent threads (if I understood
> correctly).

I posted a bunch of smaller 2.4.31 kernels along with modules.
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31   -kernels and modules
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/blfiles.htm - explanation

> Here are some notes from my experience (as a newbie and a user) for your
> consideration (simply ignore all that if it is out of the topic).
> I use pc for office work: a text editor, a program for manipulating images,
> a browser, an e-mail program, a pdf reader, a html editor. Most of the
> resources are required for internet browsing.
> Some years ago I discovered BL which I found perfect to introduce a newbie
> to linux and to use on old pc (BTW thank you all for your assistance and
> support).
> I recently found at the local area where they trash old pc an IBM pentium1
> 199Mhz, 32 Mb Ram 2,1 gb HD.
> I wanted to use  also with our usb printer.
> Just to test I installed Slackware 10.2 (2.4.31 kernel) with all the
> packages except kde and latex (it took 1about 1.5 Gb of disk space), fwvm
> as a window manager. It is
> slow but it works.
>
> Abiword takes half a minute to load;
> Sylpheed is fine;
> links both rext and graphic is very fast;
> firefox (version 1.7... if I am wright) could not even load and I removed
> the package.

I found some place a Firefox 1.5.0.7.  There is no 1.7.

Firefox 1.5.0.12 which Steven found works with BL2 and a glibc 2.3.6 
update (Slackware 11).  So does Seamonkey 1.1.15 gtk1, which I know does 
NOT work with a glibc 2.3.2 update (Slackware 9.1).  You also need 
libgcc_s.so.1 and libstdc++.so... (5 for Seamonkey, 6 for Firefox). I 
posted these libraries at my site (from Slackware 11, 9.1 and 11 - take 
off the -SWxx before use.  Or use all SW11 libraries.  (You might need to 
add gtk libraries too to BL).

> I download opera 9.64:
> it works very slowly but it works (I also tried to view google maps, it
> took
> about 4 minutes to the maximum zoom but I could view).

Opera 8.54 uses less memory.  Slackware wastes memory running unused 
processes that BL does not start.

> These are my conclusions:
> a BL version with a 2.4.31 kernel (from Slacware 10.2 or 11) would be much
> appreciated and useful providing a light, fast and small system for pc
> pentium1 (or higher) with 32/128 Mb Ram. I may suppose that more powerful pc
> (pentium1 or 2 with 128Mb Ram or more) could satisfactorily run also with a
> Slackware 10.2 or 11 without kde but even in these cases such a version of
> BL would be useful in terms of lightness, speed and to save disk space.

The current BL2 works fine with 2.4.31 kernel, and a glibc update lets you 
use Firefox and Seamonkey (and Opera).  I used BL2 on a 200MHz computer 
for a while.  Compiling a kernel took 20 minutes.

> Best regards
>
> Giuseppe
>
>
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