Older Computers

[Pete Holsberg]

NoOp keyed the following on 7/28/2007 2:08 PM:
> On 07/28/2007 07:45 AM, Pete Holsberg wrote:
>> I'm thinking about trying to convince the people in my over-55 community
>> to think of Linux when they buy their next computer.
>
> Why not just have them use their existing computer? Putting Ubuntu on an
> old computer can breath new life into it, and they may find that they
> don't need to buy another computer at all. My everyday system (this one)
> is a 450Mhz w/384Mb & 2 hard drives: a 30GB for linux and a 14GB that
> contains my old Win2KP install. I have a 650Mhz Thinkpad w/256Mb
> connected to a docking station as side-by-side test machine. Yes, I have
> other, faster systems, but those two are my everyday work horses.

Hmmm...maybe I should try to identify the people still using ME and 95 
(!!) who are thinking about "upgrading" to Vista and have them try Linux!
>
>> Is it safe to say that all 2007 desktop computers with wired Ethernet
>> will have no problems with (K)Ubuntu?
>
> No. The 450Mhz is a Compaq Presario 5670 with a built in ethernet &
> modem that Ubuntu recognizes but have never worked w/Ubuntu. They work
> with Knoppix but not w/Ubuntu. I had to install a separate NIC for
> networking. However an excellent alternative is an Airlink 101 2.0 USB
> ethernet adapter (it's wired); _they just work_ in everything that I've
> tried them on and run anywhere from $5 to $13 USD. I use one on my
> Thinkpad because it's a pain using the PCMICA card/cable etc.


-- 
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish...
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