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Re: opinions on freeware/opensource operating systems?
de Craig 04/24/2006 05:15
No'm Este' wrote:
> "Craig" <netburgherAT@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:m6R2g.74520$dW3.17198@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
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>>No'm Este' wrote:
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>>>I'm looking for opinions on free and/or opensource operating systems.
>>>What's good? What's to stay away from? Will they run Windows programs?
>>>etc. Thanks.
>>>
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>>Depends.
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>>- What kind of winderz programs?
>>- What will you use your computer for?
>>- Is your hardware "vanilla?"
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> A compiler (IBasic or PureBasic or either VB3 Pro or VB4) and general
> document files.
Search doc related to the linux program called "wine." That will tell
you whether you can run windows-based compilers in linux.
> It's an IBM ThinkPad 365x with Win 3.1 and a floppy drive.
> It has a Pentium of some sort and about 40 megs of RAM along with a 2 gig
> hard drive. There is a 14.4 PCM card modem.
The good news is that the h/w has been around for a while: better
chance drivers have been written for it. The bad news is that the h/w
is pretty weak by today's standards. Considering you're thinking of
compiling windows code in an emulator...
Try Tiny and DSLinux:
http://tiny.seul.org/ and
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
In fact, I'd hit their forums first. See what they think.
hth,
-Craig