[arch-general] archlinux on old hardware

[Dimitrios Apostolou]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Nicolas Bigaouette wrote:

> I'm using Arch on a old Sony Vaio: pentium II 200MHz with ~64MB of ram. It

Cool, especially since you have desktop software on it... How did you 
manage to install with only 64MB RAM?

> is running LXDE. It is slow to boot, but I suspend without problems (its up
> since a couple of month with suspend+resume each morning).
> It is running slow, but this machine is now my alarm clock, and it works
> perfectly streaming mp3 over wireless internet.
>
> I think I have opera on it, but don't ask too much for web surfing...
>
> Else, Arch is great! ;)
>


Dimitris