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From: Albany, NY

Registered: 2006-07-07

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Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

I find that Arch really does well on older computers that might otherwise be deemed useless. So I am curious to see the specs of your lowest / oldest / wimpiest computer that you still use regularly on which you are running Arch.

I have Arch installed on five PCs and one laptop. I only use two of the PCs and the laptop regularly. My laptop is the slowest.

System: Dell Latitude CPi
Age: Approximately 10 years
CPU: Pentium II (Deschutes)
RAM: 128 MB
HD: 3 GB
WM: Fluxbox
Use: I use this one daily for IRC using Xchat and occasional web browsing using Opera while I am playing Enemy Territory: Quake Wars on my main PC.

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jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

I have a p2 96 mb of ram that ran xubuntu. I have yet to waste my time installing arch on it though.

chilebiker

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From: Zurich, Switzerland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 161

Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

We have a ~8 year old HP OmniBook with a 933 MHz Celeron, 128 Mb RAM, 10 Gb HD as info and internet station in our hostel (IceWM and Opera).

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

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lucke

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From: Poland

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

My old Deschutes serves as a router.

quad3d@work

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2006-12-29

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

p2 64mb as my network monitor, start X slows it down ALOT!

pauldonnelly

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Registered: 2006-06-19

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

All my regular computers are broken. I'm thinking about pressing my dual Pentium II machine into service though, just for kicks.

venox

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From: Curitiba, Brazil

Registered: 2003-08-23

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

My pimped Deschutes, of course:
Age: approximately 10 years too
Proc: Pentium II (Deschutes) 300Mhz
RAM: 384MB (3x128)
HD: 60GB (!!!)
GFX: Riva TNT2 32MB (M64)

The original specs for it were 64MB, 3GB and a Riva 128.
But... I don't use it anymore, he's sleeping under my bed

Edit: I used mostly openbox or xfce4 on it. Sadly, I wasn't into tiling window managers yet while I still used it.

Last edited by venox (2008-02-17 05:49:14)

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SiC

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From: Liverpool, England

Registered: 2008-01-10

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

I seem to kill my hardware pretty quickly, I only have a laptop and desktop, both of which needed to be replaced entirely within the last 6 months   The desktop is on 24/7 and servers as a media centre / download centre / gaming platform.  The laptop is my workhorse, I drag it round with me everywhere.  I have a P3 which serves as my router, but to be brutally honest, it hasn't broken yet and I'm really loathe to install arch on it when smoothwall is running perfectly on it at the moment. I haven't touched that box except to move it round the house in the last 7 years.  Ah well

Nihathrael

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From: Freising, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-21

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Re: Slowest / Oldest computer on which you currently run Arch

Using Arch on a PII 400Mhz, 128MB Ram i think. No X installed, serves only as web/ftp-server and running IRC sometimes.

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