Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 14:13:43 -0800 (PST) From: Ashley Saint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM
Hi Nick, I know where you're coming from! I've got a 1100ff and I tried a few OS's with no great success. I tried just about every compact linux known to man, and found Mini-Slack was the only suitable one, but it was an old kernel with no USB support so I dumped it (not to mention no chance of getting the camera working). In the end, I went with Win98 which is less than ideal, but I found a driver for my USB stick so at least I can easily transfer files up to 256mb to/from it. A while back I was given Tiny XP but I'm yet to try it. There's also a variety of methods on the web for creating a customized 2K install without IE which is the biggest resource hog, but I was too lazy to try any of them. I'll be interested in hearing what's worked for others as more speed+USB device compatibility would make my libby much more useful! Cheers. ----- Original Message ---- -------------------- 10 -------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:36:41 -0000 From: "Lines, Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LIB] "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM Folks, I'm wondering what everyone out there is running on their libbys, particularly the 1x0ct with 64MB of ram. We've always been bound by the memory limit, so I'm wondering what people are using day to day to give them the most useable libby experience. Realistically, I can use either Linux or Windows as I'm not going to be using the one "killer app" that keeps me on Windows (Photoshop CS2) on the Libby. I could even dual boot... I'm currently running Win2k SP4 with appropriate hotfixes, and to be frank it crawls at times. I've tried disabling all non-critical services but on the other hand I do need a firewall running when I connect to an unknown network (currently using ZA 3.something from a while back) - that immediately zaps resources, as does running something Anti-virus. What would people recommend for a W2K based solution, and what would people recommend for a linux graphical environment? What browsers would people recommend on either platform? Office suites? If people are interested, I'll try to collate the responses into something that we can chuck on a web page somewhere - perhaps a howto for minimising W2K, and a best practice for Linux? Here's hoping that this'll kick of a good response! Nick. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
