re: Found: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:58 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Kiwi (2228 messages posted) I attempted to register for the forums on his (their) web site and ran into a broken piece of software that would not perform its intended function, and the only way to contact anyone turned out to be editing a Wiki file that someone, some day, might read and respond to. . Kiwi ** On Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:34 pm, gewg_ wrote: >Kiwi wrote: >|The last one[...]no matter how many times I've wiped Win98se and reinstalled it, >|that system conflicts with the OS[...] >|That one has Abit's BX-6 MB, with an i440BX chipset. >|It's the one with DSL now replacing the Win98 install. > >I may have some bad news WRT Damn Small Linux. > >I recently came to realize that the guy who was the chief technologist for DSL >cache >of http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Lead_Developers >(Do note the *Last Updated* line on that page.) > >cache >of http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-21-19354-0.html > >is also the driving force behind Tiny Core Linux >cache >of http://tinycorelinux.com > >which has been an ongoing project since November of 2008 >cache >of http://tinycorelinux.com/forum/index.php?board=22.0+sort=replies > >Reading the I have created every ISO item, you see him being pulled in 2 directions. >With TinyCore, he gave in to those forces and used the 2.6 kernel, >so some very old hardware is not supported under that distro >--legacy support that has been a big strength of Damn Small. > >I've seen a troubling report (as yet unconfirmed by me--though I *have* tried) >that says that roberts has abandoned DSL. >http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1425631&cid=29929865&mode=nested&threshold=3#29931799 > >If it has lost its lead developer, updates to DSL in the future are an uncertainty. >(The 2.4 kernel that it uses *does* have a maintainer, >so there are kernel updates available to it.) > >...and, of course, using an old kernel without updates becomes a security issue >--as any user of Win9x **should** be aware of. Written in response to: re: Found: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:34 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Kiwi: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 4:10 am) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Arminius: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 7:43 am) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Kiwi: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 8:28 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 11:05 am) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Kiwi: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 8:34 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 9:16 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Kiwi: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 10:32 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 11:24 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 10:21 am) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Arminius: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 3:41 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (gewg_: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 6:13 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Arminius: Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 9:18 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (gewg_: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 12:04 am) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Arminius: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 2:34 am) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (gewg_: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 1:47 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 2:15 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Arminius: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 9:05 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 2:07 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 3:24 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (gewg_: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 6:07 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 1:51 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 1:25 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (gewg_: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 6:14 pm) re: Maybe a fresh new thread, instead? (Kiwi: Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 8:33 pm) re: Maybe a fresh new thread, instead? (gewg_: Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 11:48 am) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Arminius: Fri, Oct 9, 2009, 8:49 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (Kiwi: Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 7:21 am) re: Another "Lightweight", it's K-Meleon. (Kiwi: Sun, Oct 11, 2009, 2:50 pm) re: As long as it's "Lightweight", there is this as well . . (gewg_: Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 2:16 pm) re: The first Lightweight something is running now (Kiwi: Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 6:56 pm) re: The first Lightweight something is running now (gewg_: Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 9:25 pm) re: Do all of these things still require the intermediate CD construction? (Kiwi: Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 6:56 pm) re: Do all of these things still require the intermediate CD construction? (gewg_: Sun, Oct 18, 2009, 9:44 pm) re: Do all of these things still require the intermediate CD construction? (Kiwi: Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 4:10 am) re: Do all of these things still require the intermediate CD construction? (gewg_: Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 11:55 am) re: So far, I haven't seen the Xubuntu GUI illustrated (Kiwi: Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 1:10 pm) re: So far, I haven't seen the Xubuntu GUI illustrated (gewg_: Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 3:38 pm) re: The fluxbox GUI in DSL doesn't look too bad at all (Kiwi: Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 4:06 pm) Broadband that almost isn't (Kiwi: Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 5:35 pm) re: Broadband that almost isn't (gewg_: Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 7:24 pm) re: So far, I haven't seen the Xubuntu GUI illustrated (gewg_: Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 11:11 am) Bee Linux (Kiwi: Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 1:54 am) re: Bee Linux (gewg_: Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 8:03 am) re: Do all of these things still require the intermediate CD construction? (gewg_: Tue, Nov 10, 2009, 11:25 pm) Boot your OS (ISO) without even burning to optical media (gewg_: Sun, Sep 18, 2011, 6:35 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Mon, Feb 7, 2011, 12:37 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (J.R.: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 8:16 pm) re: Wanted: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 8:52 pm) Found: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Kiwi: Tue, Nov 3, 2009, 12:59 am) re: Found: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (gewg_: Tue, Nov 3, 2009, 12:34 pm) re: Found: Lightweight Browser for old, slow PC (Kiwi: Tue, Nov 3, 2009, 12:58 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum