[olug] Uses for a 486...

[Matthew G. Marsh]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Jordan Wilberding wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am curious as to some ideas or things people have tried using a 486 with
> Linux. (besides the usual gateway/server stuff) I got yet another 486 today
> and was feeling adventerous. So anyone have a good suggestion that would be
> fun to do?

If >= '32 Meg ram' then Q/Q2 command line server (BD3)

If >= '64 Meg RAM' then NFS server and/or SAMBA (although NFS is faster if
using 2.2 kernels)

Also works well for Fax/Print servers, SMTP core servers (IE no lusers
only SMTP routing), tolerable for static web (assuming RAM > 32M) and
similar.

Remember that a 486 can saturate a 10BaseT link if it has enough L2 cache
and RAM.

> --
> Have a nice day,
>
> Jordan Wilberding
> diginux at diginux.net

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