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Re: opinions on freeware/opensource operating systems?
de meow2222 04/24/2006 07:44
No'm Este' wrote:
> "Craig" <netburgherAT@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:m6R2g.74520$dW3.17198@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> > No'm Este' wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>
> > Depends.
> >
> > - What kind of winderz programs?
> > - What will you use your computer for?
> > - Is your hardware "vanilla?"
> A compiler (IBasic or PureBasic or either VB3 Pro or VB4) and general
> document files. 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 screen is color, but is a
> little flakey on the left edge. I paid $35 USD for it and an AC pack and
> carrying case. It has a PS/2 connector on the back for mouse or keyboard,
> but no USB ports. I do have a connector that plugs into a PS/2 port and has
> a USB socket on the outside end. There are two slots for PCM cards.
If you decide to end up with win, or dual boot, it sounds like a
candidate for 98 lite, or 95 as a second choice. With 40M RAM, to get a
linux live CDs to run on that you'd need to get it to use a swapfile.
However P1 40M 2G is enough to run most windows apps, if you use one
thing at a time, pick the slickest software, take all measures to keep
performance as fast as it can get, and dont expect it to be especially
quick. Do that and even such a dino is usable. Must be over a decade
old now.
I dont remember the address for 98 lite, its basically W98 with the win
explorer from 95, and some pointless services removed. Roughly speaking
it has the speed of 95 with the compatibility of 98.
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