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[rokytnji]

Own 3 of these Netbooks.
Slack0 5.7 on 1
AntiX 13.2 on 2
This is SolydX on 3



Sorry, no windows on any of

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.13-1-486 i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.18) Distro: SolydXK 1 testing
Machine:   System: manda product: Intel powered classmate PC version: Gen 1.5L
           Mobo: N/A model: N/A Bios: American Megatrends version: CM94515A.86A.0024.2008.0715.1716 date: 07/15/2008
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom CPU N270 (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3192.15 clocked at 1600.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.0 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x600@53.3hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13-1-486
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: ec00 bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 30.0GB (49.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HS030GB size: 30.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 6.7G used: 5.2G (82%) fs: ext3 ID: /home size: 20G used: 8.8G (48%) fs: ext3 
           ID: swap-1 size: 1.58GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 145 Uptime: 54 min Memory: 397.5/2016.6MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.0) inxi: 1.9.17 

Nice day outside though

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$ inxi -wxx
Weather:   Conditions: 76 F (25 C) - Clear Wind: From the SSE at 15 MPH Gusting to 23 MPH Humidity: 44%
           Pressure: 30.10 in (1019 mb) Time: April 20, 2:05 PM CDT 

Posting from free wifi at Dairy Queen.

[nitehawk]

Well, well,...
I was trying to do another install of WXP on my older PIII, when it told me I couldn't register the copy, since I had exceeded the number of times I could register using that particular code key thingy. Can't rmember exactly how many times I have installed (and removed) WXP in the last few years (?)

So looks like the install I have now (on my main computer) will be the last I ever have. Oh, I have W2k on my oldest computer (filled with old Dos games and old windows games for the grandkids). And I have the W2k install disk (and it DON'T require one to "authenticate" it over the web like WXP does). MacSoft makes you jump through hoops just for the priviledge of "renting" their stuff for just a limited time. Yuck. No more windows for me (except maybe W2k).

Anyhow,...I've been playing with CrunchBang again ...and will try Antix again soon, also. (As well as the new MX14). So "BLAH" on WXP and it's on-web authentication stuff.

[cthisbear]

nitehawk:

You can beat that...but you should have kept your rego file.

" Double-click My Computer.
Double-click on the "C" drive.
Go to the C:\Windows\System32 folder. (You may have to click on the link that says "Show The contents of this folder.")
Find the files "wpa.dbl" and "wpa.bak" and copy them to a safe location. You can copy them on a floppy drive or burn it onto a CD or DVD. "

Etc...etc

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/windows ... xp0829.htm

"""""""""""""

Ring Microsoft again.

Tell them >> Microsoft Security Essentials. update
stuffed your computer.

Demand another license key

You couldn't beat it and had to re-install.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 5&start=90

Microsoft fixes issue that caused some Windows XP PCs not to boot up.

I was reading Whirlpool forum...and ho! ho! ho!

Got to like Microsoft.
Microsoft Security Essentials program update hangs XP login.

::::::

" Windows xp kept hanging on login; safe mode was avaialble
Found the cause was security essentials
Have removed it completely. No other fix possible.
Compfused "

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... ?t=2249653

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-fi ... to-boot-up

::::::

No guarantees with these.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1939025

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Orky0S4gys

http://ffxmadman.blogspot.com.au/2007/1 ... crack.html

http://mynixworld.info/2012/12/19/bypas ... ctivation/

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To- ... -Product-/

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6142_102-11 ... installed/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960480

https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/i ... 556AAZpAAs

http://www.wikihow.com/Activate-Windows ... roduct-Key

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Otherwise PM me if all else fails.

In my eXperience I may be able to help you...ahem!...ahem!

Chris.

[nitehawk]

Hey,...
thanks for that info!!!
I might just reconsider WXP,...but I decided to use this hard drive for Antix. Maybe I'll dig around in my box of spare parts and find another hard drive to put a new install of WXP on,...and try your tip.

thanks again,...looks like I just might be using this old WXP install disk a good while longer

EDIT: ok,...just read one of your links you posted. I see what I may have done wrong. I was trying to install WXP onto another computer....(I have WXP on my main computer already). The article said that if you try to install WXp on another computer than what you previously had it on,...it will not work (mickey-soft will see that the hardware is different, and hence the key will fail to activate).

I'll try some of the other ideas you gave,...

[rokytnji]

Used to be a Windows 2000 Pro SP4 laptop before I 1st Puppy Dingo 4'd it, and now it runs AntiX instead. I could Windows XP it if I found a buyer for it but
it is too ancient even with the the DVDROM drive I have in it with a Floppy drive also.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 957#771957

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.7.2) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13_386-full Luddite 01 June 2013 
Machine:   Mobo: IBM model: 2628TWU
           Bios: IBM v: KXET33WW (1.06 ) date: 09/05/2001
CPU:       Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache: 256 KB clocked at 1000 MHz
           flags: (pae sse) bmips: 1992 
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x
           bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: ati (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) 
           Resolution: 1024x768@87.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] 
           driver: snd_cs46xx bus-ID: 00:05.0 
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: 3Com 3c556B CardBus [Tornado]
           driver: 3c59x port: 1800 bus-ID: 00:03.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
           driver: rt61pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 06:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 20.0GB (-)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: IC25N020ATCS04 size: 20.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 18G used: 15G (88%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.12GB used: 0.03GB (3%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0C mobo: 44.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 96 Uptime: 3:09 Memory: 102.0/500.7MB 
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.1.18 

I'm posting using Netsurf Browser which runs pretty quick on this rig but is limited as far as java and youtube go. I get by using Iceweasel for stuff like that.

I have to use older libflashplayer.so because of the laptops age though.
GTK-YoutubeViewer is also installed on this as well as SpaceFM , DosBox Emulator (I have Doom). Dillo is also here in a pinch. As well as XMMS, MOCP,
Gnome-Mplayer, streamtuner2,WinFF (media converter).

Not bad for a 2001 maxed out IBM A22M.

[nitehawk]

roky,...
my oldest computer is a 2000-2001 HP Vectra (PIII--933Mhz--512 ram--40G & 20G hard drives). And it is running W2k loaded with old Dos games and old windows games (fer de grandkids). It also has Puppy 4.21 on it as well. Runs great! I'm going to run Antix on the PIII--1--ghz--512mb ram--(various hard drives) computer I have. Sould work great on it.

[bark_bark_bark]

Installed Slackware64 14.1 on my P-IV tower. I am thinking of just keeping it as a pure 64-bit Slack (with 3rd party packages installed as well). multilib is a bit of a pain for me. at least now there is a native 64bit wine that should work without the multilib stuff.

[bark_bark_bark]

I bought a 500GB WD Green drive from amazon. when it arrives, I 'll have more room for linux stuff.

[James C]

Another install. AntiX 14 Alpha released today. Solid for an Alpha.

http://antix.mepis.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

21 April 2014

antiX-14R-alpha1-full-386 available for testing

First alpha release of antiX-14 is available for testing. 32 bit, full only.

This is based on Debian Testing and comes with a 3.14.1 custom kernel which, I hope, will work even on old boxes. Latest LibreOffice 4.2 included! Bleed! Various splash themes are included, let us know what you think.

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james@antix1:~
$ uname -r
3.14.1-antix.1-486-smp
james@antix1:~
$ 

[alphadog]

Don't know if any of you out there have come across this OS :-http://www.q4os.org/.
There are a couple of videos here :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aNuTX4TapE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TF-c3CrX2A
Looks interesting to me.Next in the list to try methinks.

[nubc]

Anyone had experience with Zorin OS 8.1? What about choosing between newest version 8.1 and LTS version 6?
http://zorin-os.com/index.html

Spatry's Cup of Linux: Zorin OS 8 RC review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRHMCAYg2zE

[Colonel Panic]

Yeah, looks interesting; a Windows lookalike for someone wanting to move away from Windows XP but not wanting to upgrade their hardware. Good luck to them.

On a different note, the French distro Pear Linux is no more; the site's been taken down and it's not even available for download any more. Apparently it's been bought by an unknown company;

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/pear-os ... ds-removed

Must admit I'm not happy about this, but since I never used it (it was on my llst of "must try some day" distros but I never actually got around to it), I think others have more right to complain than I do.

[rokytnji]

Doing a Ubuntu 14.04 Net Install with XFCE-Desktop as I type this out.

Install going on a Acer Aspire AST-180 that has 3 gig of ram.

I deleted Vista on it. I slapped in a 2TB drive so lot's of room for lot's of stuff.
The minimal install is on a 200 gig extended partition. This is a dual drive 250/2TB Desktop computer on hard wire eth0.

Testing AntiX 14 also in the meantime on other gear.

Edit>Done

[Billtoo]

I installed lubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit version to my emachines D620 laptop.

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Memory 1790MB (205MB used)
Operating System Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
User Name bill (Bill)
Date/Time Wed 23 Apr 2014 05:04:06 PM EDT
Display
Resolution 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation

I installed many applications with synaptic and it's working very well.

[Galbi]

Don't know if any of you out there have come across this OS :-http://www.q4os.org/.
Looks interesting to me.Next in the list to try methinks.

Yes, very interesting. Thanks.

Posting from a virtualized Q4OS

[nooby]

There where a links to YouTube reviews already 2011
so somebody did find it interesting.enough to link to it.

I come to think of this Q4OS running
on a VBox in XP running rather ft subjectivally.

Would that allow those of us that gave Win 8.1
to get Linux going in that Sandbox set up then
or do they protect he UEFI already in the CPU
making it impossible to run Linux even in a VBox

AFAIK the Win 8.1 do have VBox already installed and
link to to the App on the Desktop or Pinboard screen.

[linuxbear]

@ Nooby: you should be able to run almost anything you want in a virtual box no matter what the host is. That is, if your puter has enough horsepower. I tend to prefer Vmware player because I use it at work and am more comfortable in that environment. Also, I can call up an operating system easily in Vmplayer if I am booted in windows (for work) or Linux at home. I might have been doing something wrong, but this was not always my experience with Virtualbox. I can reccomend Vmwareplayer as a good product, but like me, you'll want to use the one you find easiest. Also, check your BIOS to see if the virtual machine machine option is turned on as this will improve performance.

[nooby]

@ Nooby: you should be able to run almost anything you want in a virtual box no matter what the host is.
...
.. t like me, you'll want to use the one you find easiest. Also, check your BIOS to see if the virtual machine machine option is turned on as this will improve performance.

I trust it is just me that did happen to have access to
Virtual Box though our forum links on Puppy
but tendhat I only did have VM on the Ms
Win XP machines bought at re-tailers contracted
by Ms to only give access to their software.
Just a guess from me. Sadly the Cancer treatment
makes me unusually lazy and fail to get motivated

[Ted Dog]

noobies right win8 machines have the microcode for running VM switched off in UEFI boot code... even prior to calling the BIOS compatibility layer. Thanks to microsoft safe boot you can't run a VM on a machine delivered with win8 unless you have a server type box.
There are some work arounds with DIY flashed boot mods but you run dangers of bricking the bootloader.

[nooby]

On my rudimentary grasp then Ms
have tried their best to cover all attempts
to get something to easily boot to get linux going.

Haha or else some150 USD to not much usage.