On 6/16/06, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> This is kind of funny since it was the "runs on any old crap hardware"
> that helped make Linux more popular than *BSD which simply refused to
> support certain broken hardware.
>
Linux still does run on any old crap hardware. But you need to get a
version of Linux produced from when that hardware was common. Don't you
think it would be rather difficult to insist on never throwing any
driver away and maintaining support for every piece of hardware that was
ever supported? That means things constantly get more complicated and
there is more and more code to maintain and change every time some API
changes. It would mean more and more work for every kernel release. It
just does not seem practical.
Just out from the Ubuntu project is Ubuntu Lite
< http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=2233&hit=1 >
" The idea of Ubuntu Lite is to bring the power of Ubuntu across to
the users of Legacy systems. So not just to make a small linux as this
has been done before (Puppy Linux, Damn Small linux, the Rule
Project). Nor to make a useable linux based desktop Operating system
(that has been done with Ubuntu Linux, Beatrix) The idea is to bring
the power of Ubuntu to the typical users of Legacy hardware (i.e. the
grandma who gets an old P2 set up for her but does not know how to use
it)."
I have downloaded the .ISO image but haven't tried it yet. Will see
how it runs on my "old P2" Thinkpad.
carl
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