[TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway

[Sean Myers]

Jim Ray wrote:
> It is at 96% on the current mirror (mirror.anl.gov).  I can wait.
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Jim
>  
> Jim Ray, President
> Neuse River Networks
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>> -----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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It's been a couple of days now...

How'd it go? I'd love some Xubuntu testimonials.

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Sean Myers
System Administrator
American Research Institute
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