Re: OT - What linux do you recommend for older PCs?

Richmond Mathewson wrote: > "illegal": that's funny, I thought EULA thingies were not legally > binding. In what jurisdiction? > Although, to be honest, spending "all that bother" installing Mac OS > on a machine that isn't designed for it seems a bit pointless when > Linux works on almost

Re: OT - What linux do you recommend for older PCs?

On 01/23/2018 09:45 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: I've been lucky with Linux, in that all but one of my installs went swimmingly right out of the box.  And for that one, Ubuntu discovered the need for a driver for me, and prompted me to click a button to install it. I even have

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"illegal": that's funny, I thought EULA thingies were not legally binding. Although, to be honest, spending "all that bother" installing Mac OS on a machine that isn't designed for it seems a bit pointless when Linux works on almost any machine you can throw at it. Richmond. On 23/1/2018

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Mainly because the OS is specifically written to prevent it. If it weren't, there would be no problem. The OS is compiled for a chipset, and as far as I know it's the same in all respects as a "Windows" PC. > On Jan 23, 2018, at 09:45 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >

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I'm glad that worked out, Matthias. Linux can be every bit as easy to work with as other OSes when you get it like we get other OSes: pre-installed with the computer you purchased, with all the necessary drivers and configs set up for that particular hardware. Dell, Acer, System 76,

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hh wrote: > I use Lubuntu/Xubuntu on my Raspis and have moreover my fastest > machine running with Mint-Cinnamon. > But I work with LiveCode only on Mac or Win. Whenever I make a widget > or use widgets I try for several hours to arrive at workarounds for > the linux version. Only that is a lot

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> R.M. wrote: > That [these issues] only is of value IFF you care about what the > Linux version of LiveCode is missing. > AND more people should be badgering LiveCode to get their Linux > version up to par. The people using LiveCode with Linux I know (also seen from all the responses here) have

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Hah! I always say, ask 5 psychiatrists and you'll get 10 different opinions. :-) Bob S > On Jan 22, 2018, at 18:07 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > But ask any three linux users and you'll get half a dozen different answers.

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adding that line to grub fixed it. Thanks for that. Matthias > Am 23.01.2018 um 15:08 schrieb Mike Bonner via use-livecode > >: > > If you can switch to the 4.15 kernel the screen issue may be fixed, > alternatively.. > If

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If you can switch to the 4.15 kernel the screen issue may be fixed, alternatively.. If you can get to a terminal screen with lubuntu, it looks like you can do the following to fix the display problem.. (works for some, not all it seems) sudo nano /etc/default/grub Simple editor 'nano' will open.

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Thanks to all for your thoughts and comments. My first try now was Lubuntu 17.10.1, Installation was quick and easy, but unfortunately there seems to be a bug in it which affects my graphic card https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1724639

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That only is of value IFF you care about what the Linux version of LiveCode is missing. AND more people should be badgering LiveCode to get their Linux version up to par. Richmond. On 23/1/2018 12:39 pm, hh via use-livecode wrote: Matthias, sometimes I use a nearly identical netbook (for

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Matthias, sometimes I use a nearly identical netbook (for example when there is not enough space for a modern laptop). I had installed Lubuntu for several months. That *OS* is optimally suited for such a netbook. But I removed it. Why? The problem is LiveCode: The Linux version of LiveCode has

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I run Xubuntu 16.04 on machines with significantly lower specifications with no trouble at all. Richmond. On 23/1/2018 2:31 am, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi, so this goes to the Linux experts on this list. I have here an old Asus EeePC 1000H which currently runs with Windows XP

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Matthias Rebbe wrote: > I have here an old Asus EeePC 1000H which currently runs with Windows > XP and which is not used very often. > It has an Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB ram and a 160GB harddisk. > > What Linux OS do you recommend for this machine? Best would be, if it > could be used also with

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On 01/22/2018 04:31 PM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Hi, so this goes to the Linux experts on this list. I have here an old Asus EeePC 1000H which currently runs with Windows XP and which is not used very often. It has an Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB ram and a 160GB harddisk. What

OT - What linux do you recommend for older PCs?

Hi, so this goes to the Linux experts on this list. I have here an old Asus EeePC 1000H which currently runs with Windows XP and which is not used very often. It has an Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB ram and a 160GB harddisk. What Linux OS do you recommend for this machine? Best would be, if it