On 05/14/2017 10:46 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
top posting, for clarity and relaxation . . . .
I am reminded of the trials and tribulations of "PPC" by this thread,
we tried to keep what was/is functioning hardware viable by using
software that was "lighter" and "lighter" . . . the problem with
"technology" is that it's "like a shark, it has to move 'forward' or
die . . ." . . . and hardware generally isn't able to "move forward"
beyond a certain dollar driven point, i.e., it's cheaper to buy new
than to keep upgrading the "old."
And, so people and the devs, move on to other things. Just like the
motorola cpu driving PPC units, "pentium 3" is now or soon to be, "not
supported" by the software in all likelihood, even Lu probably isn't
considering that cpu as being "viable" . . . and, also as I discovered
watching two or three of my PPC machines slowly drop out of linux
support due to lack of cpu speed and RAM to meet the minimum specs . .
. browsers and/or the internet seem to "need" at least 2 GB of RAM to
do all the many tasks that the web demands . . . . My iBook G4
running Lu 16.04 PPC with 933MHz cpu and 612 MB RAM is just
"befuddled" by trying to get around in any available browser--if all I
wanted to do was word processing it would be fine. If, while doing
such writing, I would want to "check my email" using gmail via
browser, that becomes a study in slo-mo frustration.
On the other hand, the recently deceased PowerMac with an upgraded cpu
and maxed out at 2GB RAM . . . could do a reasonable job as doing
basic online tasks--but, the hardware finally fizzled . . . which
seems to be the other problem with pushing old hardware . . . it
breaks at some point.
I'd say that obviously you are enjoying keeping your "old" hardware
going by finding ways to do what newer tech does with ease . . . at
some point either Lu will "drop" support or drivers for Pentium3, or
the 512MB RAM will just not have the juice to do anything . . . and,
the machines will just have one function--your music endeavors . . .
until the "end of its days" and the mobo wheezes it's last sound byte
. . . . : - 0
Sayonara PPC, we hardly knew ye . . . .
F
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 5:00 AM,
<lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com
<mailto:lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com>> wrote:
Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu
Fritz:
Thank you for your well written and interesting response.
I sympathize with your viewpoint.
In writing my original e-mail of the stream, I wasn't asking that
Pentium 3 machines again be fully supported, though I do (as you) lament
their demise.
I was just glad to report how I had come up with a rather different way
of making it work for me, and that it did work as a music workstation.
I do lament the coming demise of all 32-bit machines, but I will move
on, when it is necessary to do so.
I will be putting out (sometime this year) a KeyMusician Newsletter
article an rescuing older machines, using them as musical instruments.
--
Sincerely,
Aere
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