<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Wait! Don't junk it just yet! :-)<br></div>You may want to try this Android Fore PC distribution - <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc">http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc</a> . It works perfectly and it is lightning fast . Play Store works too. You can install it to an USB drive or a HD. <br></span>The installer works from within Windows as an .exe file.
I used the 32 Gig option The installer crashed on me a couple of times but I
just clicked on "reinstall using the standard options" from the
Windows crash report.
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The only "funny" thing is that it
behaves like a phone. A little different when using the mouse to make screens
go up, etc.<br></span></div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It recognized all my hardware and installed all the drivers without a problem.<br></span><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Ken Cochran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kwc@shell.theworld.com" target="_blank">kwc@shell.theworld.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">See interspersed, thanks...<br>
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> 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>
<span class="">><br>
> Any heavy lifting modern browser would kill that computer. You<br>
<br>
</span>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>
<span class=""><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>
</span>[... 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>
<span class="im HOEnZb"><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>
</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> > 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>
> > Kenneth Cochran | () ASCII Ribbon Campaign<br>
> > Alexander City, Alabama | /\ Support plain text e-mail<br>
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