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> wrote: > Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu
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