I need help with Fedora
Simon Slater
pyevet at aapt.net.au
Tue Jul 22 01:45:46 UTC 2008
On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 16:35 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> > All i need to do is a project on Linux. That's why I want to install
> Fedora.
> > My project doesn't require latest features of FEDORA 9.
> >
> > So, can u tell me which version of Fedora will work somewhat smooth
> like
> > XP on my system.
>
> FC1, FC2, FC3, etc Some system which I would not recommend you run
> because they probably have very many unpatched security holes, but
> are
> much easier on the memory footprint. Maybe a version of DSL Linux
> (Damn
> Small Linux), but you'd have to know what you need installed after
> that.
>
> Try a *very* minimal install at first, installing the least necessary
> to
> get a running system. You can always install what you need later,
> after
> you get the system up and running.
>
If the project is for college/university study and data is well backed
up, those older versions would run okay and any security implications
can be worked into the thesis.
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Regards,
Simon
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