JeffM wrote:
JeffM wrote:
Now for the $64,000 question:
How much RAM is in that box?
Daniel wrote:
375MByte
384MB would be the number commonly reported for that.
So, your box is atypical for someone who is *still* using Win9x.
Mostly such folks will never alter the original hardware specs
JeffM wrote:
JeffM wrote:
A distro built around KDE or GNOME
is likely a non-starter for gear of that vintage.
Daniel wrote:
Wrong!! My desktop is a dual boot Win98 (upgraded to SE, I think)
and Mandriva Linux 2007.1.
Part of the Mandrive install is KDE desktop.
Version 3.x, but still KDE.
JeffM wrote:
Now for the $64,000 question:
How much RAM is in that box?
Daniel wrote:
375MByte
384MB would be the number commonly reported for that.
So, your box is atypical for someone who is *still* using Win9x.
Mostly such folks will never alter the original hardware specs
and will still be
JeffM wrote:
Robert Kaiser wrote:
I for myself am a big fan of openSUSE, which is very friendly to
us
You have to admire their taste in online software 8-)
(though not as default browser...)
Well, take the blessings as they come.
[...]not so sure[...]how well it works for usually older
JeffM wrote:
A distro built around KDE or GNOME
is likely a non-starter for gear of that vintage.
Daniel wrote:
Wrong!! My desktop is a dual boot Win98 (upgraded to SE, I think)
and Mandriva Linux 2007.1.
Part of the Mandrive install is KDE desktop.
Version 3.x, but still KDE.
Now for the
baitman schrieb:
Maybe I had ask the wrong question previous, on what was stable..
I am using version 1.19 with window 98se, what version can I go up too
for example 2.07 will it run on windows 98se.
We don't release current software for vastly outdated systems. If you
want to stay with the
baitman wrote:
I am using version 1.19 with window 98se
Robert Kaiser wrote:
We don't release current software for vastly outdated systems.
If you want to stay with the outdated vulnerability-prone Win98SE,
you need to stick with the outdated vulnerability-prone
1.x versions of SeaMonkey as well.
JeffM schrieb:
[1] If you see Puppy mentioned, forget that
as it is a poor choice with a lack of security similar to Win9x.
OTOH, it's a distro that comes with SeaMonkey as the default browser and
mail application, so I'd rather not diss them too much. :)
Robert Kaiser
--
Note that any
JeffM schrieb:
[1] If you see Puppy mentioned, forget that as it is a poor choice
with a lack of security similar to Win9x.
OTOH, it's a distro that comes with SeaMonkey as the default browser
and mail application, so I'd rather not diss them too much. :)
Robert Kaiser
The reference to
JeffM wrote:
If you see Puppy mentioned, forget that
as it is a poor choice with a lack of security similar to Win9x.
Robert Kaiser wrote:
OTOH, it's a distro that comes with SeaMonkey
as the default browser and mail application,
8-) Yup, *that* part is good.
...then again, the distro that I
JeffM wrote: If a newbie can do damage without any prompt that what
he is doing is dangerous, he gets a fowl impression of Linux
--because Puppy is a poor implementation of Linux.
Again, with Puppy, it's too easy for a n00b to get a bad impression
when one of the selling points of a proper Linux
JeffM schrieb:
...then again, the distro that I like to point to for Win9x sufferers
is also friendly to this community.
Well, I for myself am a big fan of openSUSE, which is very friendly to
us and shipping SeaMonkey on their default DVDs as well (though not as
default browser, which is our
Robert Kaiser wrote:
I for myself am a big fan of openSUSE, which is very friendly to us
You have to admire their taste in online software 8-)
(though not as default browser...)
Well, take the blessings as they come.
[...]not so sure[...]how well it works for usually older hardware
that
JeffM wrote:
If a newbie can do damage
without any prompt that what he is doing is dangerous,
he gets a fowl impression of Linux
--because Puppy is a poor implementation of Linux.
Again, with Puppy, it's too easy for a n00b to get a bad impression
when one of the selling points of a proper Linux
Maybe I had ask the wrong question previous, on what was stable..
I am using version 1.19 with window 98se, what version can I go up too
for example 2.07 will it run on windows 98se.
I know all o/s has some problems..
Thanks again.
Baitmn
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baitman wrote:
Maybe I had ask the wrong question previous, on what was stable.. I
am using version 1.19 with window 98se, what version can I go up too
for example 2.07 will it run on windows 98se. I know all o/s has some
problems..
You will have to keep 1.1.19 as the series 2 won't run on
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