Using Linux on a older machine I would of tried Mephis lite, Dam Small Linux, or even Knoppix 5.1 especially when myram was limited to 256mb you would have a much faster connection for internet, I would also look at versionsthat were created one or two years after the Thinkpad20 they would probably have drivers for your hardware. New Distros such as Gos are great for newer machines and with more power than what you are trying, take a look at least on the Mepis and DSL websites for more information on what they can provide for you.
I use Kanotix as my primary Linux but love Gos for all the neat google gadgets and its nice desktop, I have had older hardware a Compaq 500Mhz machine with 256mb but have long gotten rid of it for newer machines, even used thinkpads can be great for the current generation of Linux distro's I just think you are really reaching to make the T20 work with any decent speed. good luck in your quest. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:25 PM, DaveyDukes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all. I have a fairly old Thinkpad T20. I probably shouldn't even > bother with it. But I want to tinker with gOS on it. > > I installed version 2.0 because I just dont think it has the need for > some of the features of 3.0. > > Issues at install though were, the Dock didn't install, cant get wifi > to work (surprise, surprise), and also I thought things like gmail > were supposed to launch with Mozilla prism? It always launches with a > full version of firefox. > > Its kinda slow right now, but mainly I just want to use this to access > the internet from the living room. Nothing more. So I feel I can > trim the fat (its got 256mb ram) and make it work fairly well. > > Any links to knowledgeable websites would be great. > > Also I installed all the software updates/additions, but when I tried > to install ubuntu 8.04, it seemed like it did install, however, when > it was finished I was left with only memtest to boot and had to > reinstall gOS again. > > My wifi card is a Linksys PCMIA WPC11 ver. 3 which according to their > website uses the prism wifi-drivers and should work fine and gets > detected, but wont find or connect to anything. not even with wifi- > radar or prism-finder. All help is appreciated. > > > > -- Reach out and share life, care for others, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
