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Posted: Feb. 08 2005,20:21

I didnt put DSL to the hd because I was just seeing if it would even recognize the cdrom (something some trim distros like Feather and Puppy wont do) since it has to boot from a floppy.

What I meant by DSL being "slow" was that most apps and GUIs tend to be slow on that dinosaur - namely pretty stuff - hence my dropping winslow95/98 for Deli in the 1st place.

Deli is a little more involved to install, and you have to add ALSA to get sound (at least I had to on mine - but of course Im a noob and also got it for learning linux, so maybe I missed something..), but it is made specifically for old machines from 486s to 166mhz - with older stuff like the 2.2.26 kernel, xfree 3.3.6, XD640, etc.
MiniSlack boots ok on it, but like DSL, it's newer and more capable than that old thing needs (or wants) - besides, Deli is Slack 7.1 based anyway.

Anyhow, that old box has never run so fast and Deli is my choice so far for anything below 200mhz.

Dont get me wrong, I certainly didnt mean to disparage DSL in any way.
It's awesome in my eyes just because such an advanced OS could even boot on that box, and it will be in my right holster from now on for anything above 200mhz.

(I refurb and maximize home comps for ppl that cant/wont buy new ones and today's linux has me quite stoked to say the least.)

codestorm

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Posted: Feb. 08 2005,23:01

I also kinda miss screen, but unless you're using shells through the GUI, you can just (from memory) use Atl-F1 to Alt-F4 to login as different sessions.

I made my own fluxbox themes, probably due to the garishness of some of the standard ones (I understand they're probably to showcase fluxbox, but really ... gradient shading over menu texts! Yuck.)

As for old boxen, DSL's running nicely at home off HDD on a 200MMX/64Mb, and off CF HDD on a 100MHz/64Mb.

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codestorm

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Posted: Feb. 08 2005,23:02

Hafta say though, from using linux WP's at work, Abiword kicks arse over OO - at least in my experience, for opening M$ Word docs with tables and embedded images.

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ck_Fish

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Posted: Feb. 16 2005,00:41

I also do refurbs and such for a charity org.
Can't say as I've heard of Deli before, but I'm currently running DSL quite smoothly from the HDD of this machine (originally from CD, but planning to remove CD drive):
Pentium 120MHz
32MB RAM
540MB HDD
onboard s3 Graphics
network card (not working tho, prob dead)
floppy drive
14" or 15" monitor, old, 800x600x16res
ps2 keyboard, and serial mouse

my primary issue is with the mouse, which as most of you will know does not automatically get picked up when a standard boot is performed, works fine after xsetup. I want to be able to set it up so that it will automatically setup the mouse on boot, but I'm not sure how to go about it yet, I'm still a bit of a newbie.

KenK

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Posted: Feb. 16 2005,01:46

When I boot up everything seems OK. Then the computer freezes up and stays that way. My only recourse is to unplug it and reboot in Win 98. And then go back to DSL.
If I open the browser FF and a text ap it freezes up. What is the matter ?

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