Subj : Linux for old computer (very)
To   : Sergey Sapronov
From : andrew clarke
Date : Thu Nov 11 2021 01:48 pm

On 2021-11-10 08:44:16, Sergey Sapronov (2:5020/827.1) wrote to All:

 SS> There is a laptop, ancient. It only has 128MB of RAM (and a 40GB IDE
 SS> drive!). What Linux can I install on it? I want to deploy FTN software
 SS> on it, and a website (with a load of about zero). Is it even possible?

About five years ago I ran the then-latest version of 32-bit Arch Linux on a 1998 Toshiba Satellite 4000CDS with 160 MB RAM and a 40 GB HDD.

For a web server you could use nginx. Set worker_processes to 1 in nginx.conf may reduce its memory footprint.

Another alternative is lighttpd.

FreeBSD/i386 should also run fine in 128 MB RAM on an old PC.

Installing FTN stuff (binkd/hpt/etc) in Linux/BSD on an old PC is no different to a modern machine, just slower :)

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