[ale] Basic/playing-around distro

[Sergio Chaves]

Wait! Don't junk it just yet! :-)
You may want to try this Android Fore PC distribution -
http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc . It works perfectly and it is lightning
fast . Play Store works too. You can install it to an USB drive or a HD.
The installer works from within Windows as an .exe file. I used the 32 Gig
option The installer crashed on me a couple of times but I just clicked on
"reinstall using the standard options" from the Windows crash report. The
only "funny" thing is that it behaves like a phone. A little different when
using the mouse to make screens go up, etc.
It recognized all my hardware and installed all the drivers without a
problem.



On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Ken Cochran <kwc at shell.theworld.com> 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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