Craig Box wrote:
There's a long standing belief that Linux can be used to revitalise old hardware. Short of using a terminal server of some description (which wasn't an option in this case), is this true?
What makes Linux so suitable for running on ancient hardware is that it gives you the option not to waste valuable system resources running a graphical user interface on your firewall. Obviously that is not an option for a desktop system and you are likely to find that Windows 98SE performs a whole lot better than a recent Linux distribution running GNOME or KDE. Anyone who thinks that Linux will magically turn their old 486 into an Athlon is dreaming. I did find that unlike Fedora Core 1 (2.4 kernel), Fedora Core 2 (2.6 kernel) actually feels a lot more responsive on my 2.4GHz P4 than Windows XP though... -- Matthias