I changed the subject of this thread in this email, so you may post in this discussion thread. :-)
Ioannis Vranos http://www.cppsoftware.net On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Ioannis Vranos <ioannis.vra...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can always install, either an old Linux distribution, or something > like FreeDOS if you know about DOS. > > Also you may give Haiku OS a try (former BeOS clone): > > System Requirements > > Haiku currently only works on x86 systems. Minimum memory required is > 128 MB. If compiling Haiku within itself, 1 GB of memory is > recommended. Haiku has been tested to work on CPUs as slow as a > Pentium II 400 MHz, and requires as little as 700 MB of drive space. > > If these do not work for you, we can discuss other options, in this > discussion thread. > > > Ioannis Vranos > > http://www.cppsoftware.net > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> > wrote: >> Phill: >> >> Thank you very much for the additional information. >> >> If what you state is indeed the case, it definitely answers my question as >> to whether a 450 megahertz machine with 512 megabytes RAM can be considered >> a viable minimum system for my users. >> >> And I think the answer is, that it can't be a viable minimum system. >> >> How could I expect users to wait 90 minutes for a machine to get out of what >> appears to be a hang? And (having tried it) the machine can't be used for >> MIDI music while in that extended 'busy' state. >> >> I think I will bid a fond 'farewell' to my old trusty HP-Vectra, as it >> journeys to that great bit-bucket in the sky, and use my next-to-slowest >> machine (a Compac P933, 933-megahertz machine with 512 megabytes RAM) for >> testing as a minimum system for my software. >> >> Such is the march of progress, for better, or for worse. >> >> Sincerely, >> Aere -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
