Rich, Rod Mark & King Thanks for your input. I used to use Slackware for anything serious, but for this thing, I think I'll see if I can stick on Linux Mint 13 Mate. My wife (the BigDog) has it on her desktop and really likes it. Wayne
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701 Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:49:07 -0700 From: King Beowulf <[email protected]> Reply-To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> To: [email protected] On 03/08/2014 02:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Earlier versions of Slackware were designed for processors without PAE and > run in small systems. I had Slackware-9.x (I think that's the version) on a > Toshiba model whose name I forget with 96M RAM and a small hard drive. Ran > xfce3, too. > > Rich > FYI, from Slackware.com change logs: #################################################################### # NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS # # # # Effective August 1, 2012, security patches will no longer be # # provided for the following versions of Slackware (which will all # # be more than 5 years old at that time): # # Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0. # # If you are still running these versions you should consider # # migrating to a newer version (preferably as recent as possible). # # Alternately, you may make arrangements to handle your own # # security patches. If for some reason you are unable to upgrade # # or handle your own security patches, limited security support # # may be available for a fee. Inquire at [email protected]. # #################################################################### _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
