[inbox] Re: Meeting Time?

[Cyber Source]

Greg Neumann wrote:

> Cyber Source wrote:
>
>> John Nichel wrote:
>>
>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greg Neumann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What's the "minimum" system requirements for that? I have an old 
>>>>> P-II 233 I'm trying to get fixed up for my mom. Works great except 
>>>>> for connecting to the internet. :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We have our "tweaked" FC3 on a hard drive that we dump to other 
>>>>>> drives, then customize for each respective user from there. We 
>>>>>> might be able to bring the box and then show and do a dump to a 
>>>>>> hard drive of yours if you like.
>>>>>>
>>>> Not a good candidate. Interesting how people are always trying to 
>>>> put Linux on the old "nobody want's" anymore boxes (not that that's 
>>>> what your doing). Linux today deserves the best box in the house, 
>>>> and for many, many, many good reasons. Here is a link to the FC3 
>>>> Release notes showing hardware requirements, etc.
>>>> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, but Linux breaths new life into those old boxes.  Granted, I do 
>>> run it on my 'best' boxes, but inbetween work and home, I have old 
>>> boxes (<500Mhz) set up to do a variety of things...print servers, 
>>> file servers, router/firewall, etc.
>>>
>> yes I do the same, lately been making routers out of them old boxes. 
>> I wouldn't think about giving an old box to my mom though ;), or any 
>> newbie. I'm assuming Greg's mom is a newbie. Newbie's coupled with 
>> old slow boxes usually frustrate them right back to winblows.....
>>
> I'm assuming you never used winblows on anything like a 233 mhz, or 
> you'd know better! I wouldn't try to move someone from a 3.2 ghz P-4 
> running winblows to a 450 mhz P-III running Linux! That's just stupid. 
> If they want to try Linux, they can try it on equivalent hardware. For 
> someone who has NEVER used a computer (my mom, for one), they will 
> find Linux GUI's as easy as Windows, and older (slower) hardware is 
> NOT going to "frustrate them back to winblows ...."! Glad you can 
> afford to fix your mom up w/ something better, I can't. I was lucky to 
> get this one. She's actually quite happy with Ubuntu on that old 
> thing, and if I could get it to connect to her ISP, she'd be even 
> happier. Ya' gotta know your target group and do the best w/ what you 
> have!
> -Greg

FROM PREVIOUS-----> Interesting how people are always trying to put 
Linux on the old "nobody want's" anymore boxes *(not that that's what 
your doing).*

You must have missed that part before. And for your information, my 
mother happens to be dead and no I couldn't afford to buy her a new one 
even if she were still here, I was making general observations. And, 
your welcome for the link to show you the FC3 requirements.

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