re: The first Lightweight something is running now
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
Kiwi wrote:
|I have that lowest-powered PC[...]running Ultrabrowser,
|and the difference is seriously favorable to Ultra
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...because MSHTML (the Trident engine) is *already* running.
|It seems to be an "extension" to IE, rather than a stand-alone
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As stated, it's just *a skin* that uses the old M$ rendering engine
--and has all the ancient security holes of that thing just waiting to get infected.
|install file[...]is 864 Ks
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There are some print-to-PDF utilities that also look tiny--until you realize
that you have to download and install GhostScript to make them work.
Same thing here: You're using the old (junky) engine
and all you got was a prettier user interface; underneath it's still a skunk.
...and if you run 98Lite on the box to neuter IE, the skin then does nothing.
|Before I commit any of these oldies to the *nix path,
|I will run the Linux distro plus WINE on one I have already bypassed,
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A decent disto comes with all the basics (it's the big reason I pointed to that one)
--and the package manager gets you any other (native Linux) apps you need.
What is it that you think you need WINE for?
|I wanted a CPU with an active cooler, not a passive one
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Isn't Texas cooling off?
Shouldn't have to worry about that again for many months. 8-)
|I have no huge hard-on against Microsoft or Windows[...]
|doesn't mean I[...]haven't pre-ordered Win7 Home edition for $50.
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{Shakes head in disbelief}
Shoot, you could throw a W7 launch party and have gotten it for free
(the going price for ones and zeros these days, BTW).
|I don't know how to interpret that "ecosystem" warning.
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Well, if I had been talking about some version of Windoze,
I would have said "which variant"; by saying "guess which ecosystem"
I meant that all the REALLY good stuff only works in the *n?x realm.
The tide has turned and it doesn't favor Redmond.
The roll-your-own-customized-bootable/installable-distros thing
has it all over Bart PE or slipstreaming or anything else you can do
with the hobbled-to-make-it difficult-to-install-multiple-times hoops
that M$ makes you jump thru.
...and frankly, difficulty was the whole purpose of that stupid Registry idea.
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