On Sat, 1 May 2004 15:34:32 +0100, Chris Newey <newey499@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Running X on the Linux box deafens my ears with the disk thrashing. If VNC
> client on the 2000 box doesn't kill the performance then I'll go that way -
> anyway I'll give it a try.

I'ved used X on a 486 with 32MB of RAM in both Red Hat 5 and OS/2, and in
both cases it was plenty fast. I used TWM, which is a pretty lean window
manager. I wouldn't want to think about running something like KDE or GNOME
on it, but TWM worked beautifully.

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