[TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway

[Jim Ray]

It is at 96% on the current mirror (mirror.anl.gov).  I can wait.

Regards,
 
Jim
 
Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772
http://www.Neuse.Net
 
Connecting You to the World since 1997
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of
> jason at monsterjam.org
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 7:00 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway
> 
> theres probably this thing called a "mirror", you should try a few others
to see if you can
> find
> a faster  string.. ;)
> 
> Jason
> 
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 06:06:58PM -0400, Jim Ray wrote:
> > Dude...i'm already 77% into iso download of xubuntu.  3 hrs to go at
> > 14.9kB/s.  must have 2 cans and a tight string between us with those
blazing
> > rates.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Jim Ray, President
> > Neuse River Networks
> > tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772
> > http://www.Neuse.Net
> >
> > Connecting You to the World since 1997
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Magnus
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:47 PM
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway
> > >
> > > Jim Ray wrote:
> > > > I've got a circa win98 pc from a neighbor that won't load my
favorite
> > > > Ubuntu.  Any recommendations on an alternative flavor for an older
> > machine?
> > >
> > >
> > > I pretty regularly have installed OpenBSD on first generation pentiums
> > > and it works great.  Probably far more appropriate than any popular
> > > modern linux distro.
> > >
> > > Linux has gotten pretty porky since its lean mean days in the
underground.
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