My old computer up in the family room, used to do a little web browsing, shit itself. Probably a flub on the hard drive. Stuck in and endless reboot cycle. It was running WinXP, had some slow processor and only had 1GB RAM.
So I went looking for a Linux install. Settled on Puppy Linux, as they advertised easily booting off of a CD-ROM. Downloaded the 300 MB ISO and burned it to CD on good computer, and stuck it in the bad computer after pointing the boot to the CD-ROM and presto! Boots right up in 20 seconds or so, and has a good enough web browser to do everything we need to do. It Just Worked. Gets my recommendation.
http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20a ... tarted.htm
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nafod
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Re: Puppy Linux
Cool. Plays flash? Video streaming OK?
One of the downsides of the Internet is that it allows like-minded people to form communities, and sometimes those communities are stupid.
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Re: Puppy Linux
YupGrandpa's Spells wrote:Cool. Plays flash? Video streaming OK?
Don’t believe everything you think.
Re: Puppy Linux
How easy is it to control the volume?
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