Linux server duals as desktop

[Warren Togami]

Should be fairly safe, as long as your software is stable.  Couldn't hurt to
add some extra RAM too, as Netfilter connection tracking will use memory and
it will drop packets if you are out of memory and going into swap.  I hope
your K6-2 uses SDRAM, because RAM for older systems is much more expensive.
SDRAM is very dirt cheap now days.

I suspect you may need a tweak or two and a few software updates to make it
reliable.  May want to keep away from potentially unstable software that can
cause total system crashes like VMWare or Wine.  Otherwise, it should work
great.

----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Wayne Liauh" <LiauhW001 at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: [luau] Linux server duals as desktop


> I have Corel Linux 1.2 on a dedicated AMD K6-2 machine at home which
> serves as a file/printer server and IP masquerador.  This system has
> been running continuously for more than a year now and I don't even
> notice its existence.
>
> But since Corel Linux is not upgradable, which prevents it from
> installing the new gadgets like KDE 2.2, it's time to move to a
> different distro (either Mandrake 8.1 or Red Hat 7.2).
>
> I don't even know whether I can set it up again.  But my first question
> is, is it a good idea to dual a server also as a desktop?  Any potential
> perils?  Thanks.
>