re: [NOT a] DNS error
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3925 messages posted)
Tracy wrote:
|Some of us "disappear" because we can't get internet access!
|I'm back at the library.
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BTDT. I had a free ISP who managed to delete its subscribers list.
All I had to do was sign up again--but I needed access to do that. 8-(
|In the midst of a job hunt, no less
|
My luck wasn't _that_ bad.
|I've also been trying to install Ubuntu as an alternative,
|but that keeps [freezing up??] during partitioning.
|
I ASSuME you got the box to boot to the CD and got a working Linux desktop.
Does your box meet the minimum requirements?
cache of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
Is all the hardware Linux-compatible?
(Like XP--and unlike Win9x--Linux
has a hardware compatibility list.)[1]
Though the default install can run dog-slow with lesser amounts of RAM,
Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu is one of those) *will* run on old boxes.
cache of http://www.linux.com/feature/52134?theme=print
...though e.g. Xubuntu might be a better choice.
cache of
http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/06/meet_the_newest_member_of_the.html
Damn Small Linux or Puppy Linux should be do-able on about *any* box.
cache of http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Minimal_Linux_distros
Got a buddy with a CD burner and a fast connection?
[1] Linux has the best hardware compatibility of *any* OS
(especially in its out-of-the-box state)
but there are some manufacturers that just suck and won't get on board
--even though the Linux Driver Project guys will write those drivers for FREE
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- re: [NOT a] DNS error (Tracy: Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 12:18 pm)
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