[ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Barry Titterton
Hi All, Thank you for all of your replies. I am very impressed by all of the wonderful veteran machines that are still being used, and I thought that I was doing well with a 9 year old machine! You may recall from my original post that the question was prompted by a conversation at a local (Windo

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
You may also want to look at ToriOS[1] which is a respin of ubuntu. Regards, Phill. 1. http://torios.org/ On 9 December 2014 at 16:27, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Den 2014-12-09 14:57, Barry Titterton skrev: > > Hi All, > > > > Thank you for all of your replies. I am very impressed by all of the > >

[ubuntu-uk] UK Team Reboot - Advocacy

2014-12-09 Thread Barry Titterton
Hi All, IMHO members who wish to engage in advocacy need to go to where the people are. We, in the UK, are surrounded by a population who are either ignorant or apathetic to FOSS so, in order to reach out to them, we need to take a more general approach. I feel that one approach could be by mannin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
If youre putting Lubuntu on one of them then put Lubuntu on all of them to make it as easy as possible for the users. [george] From: Phill Whiteside Sent: Tuesday, 09 December, 2014 16:34 To: Nio Wiklund Cc: lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com ; UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Liam Proven
On 9 December 2014 at 17:59, George DiceGeorge wrote: > If youre putting Lubuntu on one of them > then put Lubuntu on all of them > to make it as easy as possible for the users. Whereas I would endorse that, the snag is that Lubuntu requires a PAE CPU these days. I've tried the `forcepae` option

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
As I've installed lubuntu onto two old tower machines (one a win 98 server) for our local youth group, if you go the lubuntu route, keep an eye on cyac.eu as it gets rebuilt over the comings days with basic instructions. The site is hosted via a multi-site WordPress install, so you're welcome to as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
[ Lubuntu requires a PAE CPU these days.] What - so theres now no official version of ubuntu that works with older machines - thats daft, its eco-vandalism to scrap old PCs [g] -Original Message- From: Liam Proven Sent: Tuesday, 09 December, 2014 17:10 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Liam Proven
On 9 December 2014 at 18:16, George DiceGeorge wrote: > [ Lubuntu requires a PAE CPU these days.] > > What - so theres now no official version of ubuntu that works with older > machines - > thats daft, > its eco-vandalism to scrap old PCs > > [g] Please bottom-quote on the list. But yes, that'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread George DiceGeorge
Why doesnt the bootup from CD interrogate the PC and give useful advice about what to install if the version on the install CD needs a more powerful PC or more RAM etc? I defected from Xubtuntu to Lubuntu because I thought it would work on almost all old PCs, but now I'm told it needs PAE CPU a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Liam Proven
On 9 December 2014 at 18:22, George DiceGeorge wrote: > Why doesnt the bootup from CD interrogate the PC > and give useful advice about what to install > if the version on the install CD needs a more powerful PC or more RAM etc? > > I defected from Xubtuntu to Lubuntu because I thought it would wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
I have built a non PAE kernel from the 14.04 system, I'm not too sure how many spins use it, but http://bentovillage.org/bento/ and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OBI certainly do. regards, Phill. On 9 December 2014 at 17:33, Liam Proven wrote: > On 9 December 2014 at 18:22, George DiceGeor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer - the sequel.

2014-12-09 Thread Barry Titterton
On 09/12/14 17:22, George DiceGeorge wrote: > Why doesnt the bootup from CD interrogate the PC > and give useful advice about what to install > if the version on the install CD needs a more powerful PC or more RAM etc? > > I defected from Xubtuntu to Lubuntu because I thought it would work on > al