[ale] Basic/playing-around distro

[Boris Borisov]

// Looks like that old XP box might just need to be Put Out Of Its
Misery I guess //

As much I'm junkie for old stuff I would say yes.

Even youtube video on 360p would choke on it.

Sad but true

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 7:18 PM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> $150 will get a C2D with 4G RAM off-lease from microcenter. That would
> blow away
> any P4.  I've seen some for under $100 from time to time too.
>
> If you want a browser-centric experience, look towards Chromium-OS.  It
> didn't
> have "updates" the last time I looked at it, but that was a project goal.
>
> And there's always tinycore.
>
> On 06/17/2017 06:39 PM, Ken Cochran wrote:
> > See interspersed, thanks...
> >
> >> From: Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> >> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:13:59 -0400
> >> To: kwc at theworld.com, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [ale] Basic/playing-around distro
> >>
> >> Any heavy lifting modern browser would kill that computer. You
> >
> > Ya, was afraid of that, sounds like I need to make me
> > a lil'trip to the likes of Microcenter & find some kind of
> > refurb itty-bitty box for this...
> >
> >> have to restrict yourself to very light window manager. And
> >> some alternative browsers. There is browsers out there that
> >> use modern rendering kits but don't have all the capabilities
> >> of Mozilla Chrome IE or whatever. Midori is good example of
> >> light but in same time browser with modern rendering engine.
> >
> > [... Debian base/IceWM/Mozilla ...]
> > [... gaming leftovers ...]
> >
> > Ok, I'll be a bit more specific:
> > I/we need some kinda thing for my parents & their office staff
> > (only a few people) to access the likes of personal email
> > completely separately from the internal company/office private
> > network, which blocks Just About Everything.  (& it's Windows
> > anyway, ewww...)
> >
> > Looks like that old XP box might just need to be Put Out Of Its
> > Misery I guess.  So, I need to find "something."  Thanks, Ken
> >
> >> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Ken Cochran <kwc at shell.theworld.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi again ALErs, nice thread on NAS recommendations, sounds
> >>> like it would be an awesome meeting topic too.
> >>>
> >>> Another looking-around question/need:
> >>>
> >>> Need some kind of distro appropriate for what I'll call a
> >>> "semi-kiosk" computer; best I can tell, all it needs to run
> >>> are the following:
> >>>
> >>> - Browser (probably Firefox unless someone can recommend
> >>>   better), especially for web-email a la gmail
> >>> - shell (duh)
> >>> - probably camera/photo ingest
> >>>
> >>> Current plan is to repurpose an old HP desktop machine that
> >>> currently runs WinXP.  It is a P4 (32-bit), with 1gb RAM & I'll
> >>> probably replace its hdd so as to not lose what's on it now.
> >>> (Right now it's pretty much a dedicated Quickbooks & word
> >>> processing box & NEVER connects to ANY network.)
> >>>
> >>> Looking for a distro that I don't have to mess-around with
> >>> much, e.g. some kind of analogue to Software Update on M$
> >>> & Apple products.  Ideas?  Naturally, FAQ/doc pointers are
> >>> welcome, as well as FMs to RT :)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, Ken
> >>>
> >>> Kenneth Cochran         | () ASCII Ribbon Campaign
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