On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Andrew S. Zbikowski wrote: > I don't get it... > > Are you trying to > > - Troll or start a flame war? I don't know about the OP, but that is what you are doing, right? > - Promote IEEE's Project Phoenix? That seemed to be a side remark, but I'd like to hear more about that project. It sounds like it's about keeping old hardware working. That is definitely a worthwhile effort, in my book. > - Promote antiX Linux? There! I think you've got it. He was explicit promoting it, wasn't he? > - Be "cool" in front of the LUGgies by bashing Microsoft? I liked it. More seriously, I thought it was a pretty good argument and I haven't heard enough about that. It does seem like Microsoft is in cahoots with Intel to push users to dump their old machines. > Extremely limited success in all cases I'm afraid. How can you know that? There are a lot of readers on this list. I read his message about antiX Linux, I looked it up on the web, and I'm thinking of replacing Xubuntu with antiX Linux on an old machine. Xubuntu really drags on that box. So, for me, I think he was successful. > All your opinions are built on the base of an old laptop with 256 MB of > RAM and a 500 MHz processor. That's what, circa 1998-99? In a message he sent on February 1, 2010, he described it as an 11-year-old laptop. So, yes, it must be something like 1999. I have one from that era too and I'd like to make it work. Why not? I hate to throw away a working laptop and Windows definitely won't cut it -- it won't even run XP properly. > Have fun Mr. Embedded Engineer. You live in a world that is vastly > different and resource restricted from the mainstream. Are you trying to - Troll or start a flame war? - Be "cool" in front of the LUGgies by bashing this guy? Mike