On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 05:56:52 -0500 (CDT) Eric Johnson <eri...@colossus.gruver.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Jun 2017, Rupert Gallagher wrote: > > > I spent yesterday and today installing 6.1 from scratch on a Dell > > Optiplex gx620. The machine has a pentium 4 @3.0GHz with 4GB non ECC > > RAM, returning a passmark of 354*. The aim is to replace the > > accountant's windows 10 pro tomorrow morning, moving the disk into his > > more recent Dell. In summary, I have everything he needs, including a > > gui that looks like windows 7, except for the following, so far: > > I don't know about the Optiplex gx620, but I have a refurbished Optiplex > 790 that I bought earlier this year. It gave me all kinds of problems > with network issues and ssh. For example, when I ran syspatch after the > first three patches were released, sshd would no longer run if I was using > IPv6. Also, connections to other machines would fail suddenly, sometimes > within seconds. > > I stuck in another disk and installed Fedora Workstation on it and had the > same issues so it wasn't because of OpenBSD. > > I ended up upgrading the firmware and that seems to have fixed the issues. > That proved to be a bit of a problem because you have to be running > Windows to upgrade the firmware. I have some old versions of Windows > around, but they all require IDE drives. I finally got Windows running > (it sure ran slow compared to OpenBSD) and installed the firmware. > > I bought this computer to become my primary workstation replacing a Lenovo > desktop running SuSE Linux. I have a couple of packages that need Linux > so I'll keep the older workstation, but on another table, and use ssh from > this computer as necessary. > > For what it's worth, my top preference for a window manager is > WindowMaker. That's all I've used for years on both OpenBSD and Linux. > > Eric No one talked about this personnal project ? http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=10229 It's running fine on all minimalist configuration... -- Olivier Burelli <oliv...@burelli.fr>
