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Hello brilliant gents and ladies,
I come here to seek your help in my quest to build a simple print server. You see, I have an old R31 Thinkpad and ...
- 12-15-2010 #1Just Joined!
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Distro for IBM R31 as Print Server
Hello brilliant gents and ladies,
I come here to seek your help in my quest to build a simple print server. You see, I have an old R31 Thinkpad and I want to hook up two Samsung printers to it. That is, I want to be able to share the aforementioned printers between Macs and PCs alike on my petty home network.
I've had some success with Ubuntu server, but I find it to be a bit unstable and somewhat heavy. Could anyone recommend a distro or better yet a process by which I can set up this home server?
The IBM R31:
Processor: Intel Celeron 1.13 GHz
Cache Memory: 256 KB - L2 cache - Advanced Transfer Cache
RAM: 128 MB - SDRAM - 133 MHz - PC133
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Router: (probably not necessary, but here it is anyway)
Hardware: Linksys WRT150N v1.1
Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10) voip
Printers:
Samsung ML-2510 (usb)
Samsung CLP-315 (usb)
Great thanks in advance,
Alex
- 12-15-2010 #2Will Limit what Linux Distro you can run. What comes to mind is a Debian Net install. A Slackware Install. Need a Light Desktop like Fluxbox or Icewm.RAM: 128 MB - SDRAM - 133 MHz - PC133
Puppy Linux may be a viable option also. Not sure about
Maybe someone else can elaborate on printers.Printers:
Samsung ML-2510 (usb)
Samsung CLP-315 (usb)Linux Registered User # 475019
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