[lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu

[Basil Fernie]

On Mon, 8 May 2017 20:54:00 -0600
Aere Greenway <Aere at Dvorak-Keyboards.com> wrote:

> Lubuntu Users:
> 
> I noticed in the minimum system requirements for Lubuntu 17.04, that a 
> Pentium 4, or perhaps a Pentium M is required.
> 
> I have two Pentium 3 machines, on which I successfully tested Lubuntu 
> 16.10, and later upgraded them to 17.04.
> 
> These machines passed my basic sequence of tests, using them as music 
> workstations.  I concluded that Lubuntu works (for my music software) on 
> Pentium 3 machines.
> 
> But on attempting to browse the web (using Firefox) to download my 
> latest music software, the browser crashes!
> 
> I tried Chromium, and it also crashes.
> 
> I tried Qupzilla, and Midori, and they, too, crashed.
> 
> I remember that I had noticed browser crashes when I tested Lubuntu 
> 16.10, as well.
> 
> So I figured that the reason a Pentium 4 is required for Lubuntu 17.04, 
> has to do with the lack of a working browser.
> 
> I then concluded I would just have to use Lubuntu 16.04 on these 
> machines until its support runs out.  But on testing this, I find that 
> with a fully updated Lubuntu 16.04 machine, when I try to run Firefox on 
> a Pentium 3 machine, it crashes!
> 
> Does anyone have any more information on this?  I am curious.
> 
> But then, not wanting to throw these machines away, though probably more 
> from being stubborn, I found a way to make the Firefox browser work on 
> Lubuntu 17.04!
> 
> I discovered that if I installed wine, and winetricks, I could install 
> the Windows version of Firefox (using winetricks), and it would run 
> without crashing!  It even puts a launcher for it on the desktop.
> 
> Currently, it won't play videos or audio files (I may yet be able to 
> tweak it to succeed at this).  But I can usually download the file 
> (right-click, then Save Link As...), and then browse to where it was 
> downloaded (with the file browser) and then use the file normally under 
> Linux.
> 
> Perhaps some of you out there may find this information useful.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> Aere
> 
> 
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Maybe an older version of Opera, somewhere between 9 and 12, before they (temporarily) deserted Linux...

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Basil Fernie <basil at pop.co.za>