<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>// Looks like that old XP box might just need to be Put Out Of Its<br>
Misery I guess //<br> <br></div>As much I'm junkie for old stuff I would say yes.<br><br></div>Even youtube video on 360p would choke on it.<br><br></div>Sad but true<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 7:18 PM, DJ-Pfulio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:djpfulio@jdpfu.com" target="_blank">djpfulio@jdpfu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">$150 will get a C2D with 4G RAM off-lease from microcenter. That would blow away<br>
any P4. I've seen some for under $100 from time to time too.<br>
<br>
If you want a browser-centric experience, look towards Chromium-OS. It didn't<br>
have "updates" the last time I looked at it, but that was a project goal.<br>
<br>
And there's always tinycore.<br>
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On 06/17/2017 06:39 PM, Ken Cochran wrote:<br>
> See interspersed, thanks...<br>
><br>
>> From: Boris Borisov <<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:13:59 -0400<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:kwc@theworld.com">kwc@theworld.com</a>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] Basic/playing-around distro<br>
>><br>
>> Any heavy lifting modern browser would kill that computer. You<br>
><br>
> Ya, was afraid of that, sounds like I need to make me<br>
> a lil'trip to the likes of Microcenter & find some kind of<br>
> refurb itty-bitty box for this...<br>
><br>
>> have to restrict yourself to very light window manager. And<br>
>> some alternative browsers. There is browsers out there that<br>
>> use modern rendering kits but don't have all the capabilities<br>
>> of Mozilla Chrome IE or whatever. Midori is good example of<br>
>> light but in same time browser with modern rendering engine.<br>
><br>
> [... Debian base/IceWM/Mozilla ...]<br>
> [... gaming leftovers ...]<br>
><br>
> Ok, I'll be a bit more specific:<br>
> I/we need some kinda thing for my parents & their office staff<br>
> (only a few people) to access the likes of personal email<br>
> completely separately from the internal company/office private<br>
> network, which blocks Just About Everything. (& it's Windows<br>
> anyway, ewww...)<br>
><br>
> Looks like that old XP box might just need to be Put Out Of Its<br>
> Misery I guess. So, I need to find "something." Thanks, Ken<br>
><br>
>> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Ken Cochran <<a href="mailto:kwc@shell.theworld.com">kwc@shell.theworld.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi again ALErs, nice thread on NAS recommendations, sounds<br>
>>> like it would be an awesome meeting topic too.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Another looking-around question/need:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Need some kind of distro appropriate for what I'll call a<br>
>>> "semi-kiosk" computer; best I can tell, all it needs to run<br>
>>> are the following:<br>
>>><br>
>>> - Browser (probably Firefox unless someone can recommend<br>
>>> better), especially for web-email a la gmail<br>
>>> - shell (duh)<br>
>>> - probably camera/photo ingest<br>
>>><br>
>>> Current plan is to repurpose an old HP desktop machine that<br>
>>> currently runs WinXP. It is a P4 (32-bit), with 1gb RAM & I'll<br>
>>> probably replace its hdd so as to not lose what's on it now.<br>
>>> (Right now it's pretty much a dedicated Quickbooks & word<br>
>>> processing box & NEVER connects to ANY network.)<br>
>>><br>
>>> Looking for a distro that I don't have to mess-around with<br>
>>> much, e.g. some kind of analogue to Software Update on M$<br>
>>> & Apple products. Ideas? Naturally, FAQ/doc pointers are<br>
>>> welcome, as well as FMs to RT :)<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks, Ken<br>
>>><br>
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