re: [NOT a] DNS error
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tracy
(3 messages posted)
Checking back in. . . Been sick a lot lately (yes, it just keeps getting better),
so I put this aside while I rested and made the odd trip to the library and interviewed
for jobs. Am going to work on burning Xubuntu at a friend's place tonight. Many thanks
for all the links. Will check back in with the results.
On Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:01 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>Tracy wrote:
>|Some of us "disappear" because we can't get internet access!
>|I'm back at the library.
>|
>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 (gewg_: Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:01 pm)
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