[BLUG] Fwd: Maybe you can help?
Christopher Ellis
blug_at_mailman.cs.indiana.edu
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:26:13 -0400
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Actually, this reminds me of the first Bring Your Own Bug last Fall. The
elderly gentleman had a problem with his computer being too slow. If I
remember right, it was an Ubuntu install. Someone changed an
APIC (or was it APCI?) setting in CMOS and it ran fine afterwards.
On 10/5/06, Jeff Welty <jtwelty_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> Damn Small Linux will run on a 486DX with 16MB. It uses fluxbox but you
> can apt-get to install blackbox.
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
>
> jeff
>
> Mark Krenz wrote:
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Anthony Ennis <a.ennis_at_insightbb.com> -----
> >
> > Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:11:44 -0400
> > From: Anthony Ennis <a.ennis_at_insightbb.com>
> > To: mark_at_slugbug.org
> > Subject: Maybe you can help?
> >
> > I need some Linux help and we don't have a LUG in Louisville.
> >
> > I have a Celeron 700, 256MB, 20GB, i810 Chipset PC that I'm trying to
> install Linux on, I've tried ubuntu, knoppix, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and will try
> Yoper in a few min. My problem is that I can't fin a distro that will run
> fast enough to even run a screensaver, much less anything else.
> >
> > Any advice would be great,
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Anthony
> > a.ennis_at_insightbb.com
> >
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
>
>
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> Jeff Welty
> System Administrator
> Global Research NOC
> Indiana University, Bloomington
> (812) 856-9770
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Christopher Ellis
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Actually, this reminds me of the first Bring Your Own Bug last Fall. The elderly gentleman had a problem with his computer being too slow. If I remember right, it was an Ubuntu install. Someone changed an APIC (or was it APCI?) setting in CMOS and it ran fine afterwards.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Welty</b> <<a href="mailto:jtwelty_at_indiana.edu">jtwelty_at_indiana.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
Damn Small Linux will run on a 486DX with 16MB. It uses fluxbox but you<br>can apt-get to install blackbox.<br><a href="http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/">http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/</a><br><br>jeff<br><br>Mark Krenz wrote:
<br>><br>> ----- Forwarded message from Anthony Ennis <<a href="mailto:a.ennis_at_insightbb.com">a.ennis_at_insightbb.com</a>> -----<br>><br>> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:11:44 -0400<br>> From: Anthony Ennis <
<a href="mailto:a.ennis_at_insightbb.com">a.ennis_at_insightbb.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:mark_at_slugbug.org">mark_at_slugbug.org</a><br>> Subject: Maybe you can help?<br>><br>> I need some Linux help and we don't have a LUG in Louisville.
<br>><br>> I have a Celeron 700, 256MB, 20GB, i810 Chipset PC that I'm trying to install Linux on, I've tried ubuntu, knoppix, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and will try Yoper in a few min. My problem is that I can't fin a distro that will run fast enough to even run a screensaver, much less anything else.
<br>><br>> Any advice would be great,<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>> Anthony<br>> <a href="mailto:a.ennis_at_insightbb.com">a.ennis_at_insightbb.com</a><br>><br>><br>> ----- End forwarded message -----
<br>><br><br><br>--<br>Jeff Welty<br>System Administrator<br>Global Research NOC<br>Indiana University, Bloomington<br>(812) 856-9770<br>_______________________________________________<br>BLUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:BLUG_at_linuxfan.com">
BLUG_at_linuxfan.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug">http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Christopher Ellis<br>
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