On 16 July 2015 at 15:34, Liam Proven wrote:
> Try looking for a Hackspace that is close enough to be reachable.
>
https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
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On 13 July 2015 at 16:07, Matthew Wild wrote:
> Prompted by the other thread, I wondered if there is anyone looking
> for old computers around the Worcester/Evesham area?
>
> I have a bunch of old PC parts (from cases to motherboards and PCI/AGP
> cards) that I have acquired over the years, but I
Prompted by the other thread, I wondered if there is anyone looking
for old computers around the Worcester/Evesham area?
I have a bunch of old PC parts (from cases to motherboards and PCI/AGP
cards) that I have acquired over the years, but I no longer have the
cupboard space to keep them.
I make
Actually Paul, the last I read on here about ToriOS was about
undocumented binary blobs in the system. A big turn off for most Linux
users. For the moment I have switched back to Ubuntu and the official
spins but would love to hear your take on this subject.
On 13/07/15 11:15, Paul Sutton wrot
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Good to hear people are getting on well with ToriOS :)
thank you
Paul Sutton (ToriOS Docs team)
On 25/06/15 10:11, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ... I mentioned getting good results with Tori OS on an
> old pentium 4. It didn't like Zorin, but
On 03/07/15 22:21, Barry Drake wrote:
Just a little warning. If you have anything other than a source drive
and a target drive plugged in when you install one of these mini
systems, it usually seems to mess up anything else it finds. Be safe
and unplug anything else that isn't read-only.
In
On 03/07/15 09:24, Barry Drake wrote:
You'll be amazed how tiny the requirements of DSL actually are! But it
can actually be made to look really good - it looks just like a modern
desktop if you tweak it. And, yes, DSL (and Puppy) will go on a 5.25"
floppy drive. If there's enough RAM it will
On 03/07/15 08:37, Gareth France wrote:
Just remember, my aim is to get an old 486, ideally with 5.25" drive,
yellowed and covered in marks. It should look like it's really had a
hard life. The aim is to say 'look, a modern desktop running even on
this old thing, imagine how well it would run on
I know it isn't a district but there is something you should try using on
that machine if you only have 256MB of RAM, ZRAM aka compcache (
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram ).
Find whatever light distribution and try that on it, it should help with
the low memory situation. Many android devices
On 03/07/15 08:29, Barry Drake wrote:
I installed 8.04 on a drive using the old hardware. Surprisingly, 8.04
runs on the old hardware better than I had expected! After that, I
installed DSL-N onto the same drive with perfect results. Now, how to
change the MBR on other drives without having
On 25/06/15 11:12, Barry Drake wrote:
That's interesting! My old pentium 4 has only 256 Mb ram. I'm going to
try some old dimm cards to see if any are compatible
Hi there ... I've had a very interesting time since then. I didn't
have a pair of suitable dimm cards, so I've stuck with the 2
On 25/06/15 10:11, Barry Drake wrote:
Hi there ... I mentioned getting good results with Tori OS on an old
pentium 4. It didn't like Zorin, but since then I've resurrected a
newer computer that would run 14.04 Lubuntu, but was a bit stretched. I
tried Zorin. It has none of the freedom of U
On 25/06/15 10:41, Simon Greenwood wrote:
I came across PeppermintOS[1] recently, which is an LXDE based
distribution but a nicely designed one that replaces Firefox with
Chromium and has an inbuilt system for Chrome app integration. I'm
running it on a four year old Lenovo AMD netbook which was
I came across PeppermintOS[1] recently, which is an LXDE based distribution
but a nicely designed one that replaces Firefox with Chromium and has an
inbuilt system for Chrome app integration. I'm running it on a four year
old Lenovo AMD netbook which was starting to struggle with Xubuntu and it's
i
On 25/06/15 10:13, Colin Law wrote:
Have you tried ubuntu mate? I have found it good on old PCs
Thanks Colin I never even spotted it. I'm downloading it right
now! It looks as though it is well up to what I want to do.
Regards,Barry.
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On 25/06/15 10:13, Colin Law wrote:
On 25 June 2015 at 10:11, Barry Drake wrote:
If anyone comes up with a better option than Zorin, I'll get it!
Hi,
I know it is no longer being developed, but crunchbang gave my old
laptop added zip & speed ;)
Pete S
Have you tried ubuntu mate? I hav
On 25 June 2015 at 10:11, Barry Drake wrote:
>
> If anyone comes up with a better option than Zorin, I'll get it!
Have you tried ubuntu mate? I have found it good on old PCs
Colin
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Hi there ... I mentioned getting good results with Tori OS on an old
pentium 4. It didn't like Zorin, but since then I've resurrected a
newer computer that would run 14.04 Lubuntu, but was a bit stretched. I
tried Zorin. It has none of the freedom of Ubuntu. It is very heavily
branded and
On 23 June 2015 at 09:56, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 19/06/15 08:29, Stuart Ward wrote:
>
>> Wednesday evenings it is open to the public.
>>
>
> Yesterday, I collected a computer from someone the local Freecycle group.
> It had no power supply or hard drive, but otherwise is OK. I rigged it up
> wi
On 19/06/15 08:29, Stuart Ward wrote:
Wednesday evenings it is open to the public.
Yesterday, I collected a computer from someone the local Freecycle
group. It had no power supply or hard drive, but otherwise is OK. I
rigged it up with an old spare power supply and it booted from a DVD.
To
As tempting an offer as that is I'm afraid I don't have the time so
spare for that sort of thing. Sorry.
On 21/06/15 06:21, Andres wrote:
El Fri, 19-06-2015 a las 13:46 +0100, Gareth France escribió:
Sorry, what exactly are you proposing here?
Thanks
Gareth
On 19/06/15 13:20, Andres wrote:
El Fri, 19-06-2015 a las 13:46 +0100, Gareth France escribió:
> Sorry, what exactly are you proposing here?
>
> Thanks
> Gareth
>
> On 19/06/15 13:20, Andres wrote:
> >
> > RichmondMakerlabs open Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm we have a load of
> > PCs and laptops that if you can give them life it
Sorry, what exactly are you proposing here?
Thanks
Gareth
On 19/06/15 13:20, Andres wrote:
RichmondMakerlabs open Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm we have a load of
PCs and laptops that if you can give them life it would be great for our
monthly coder dojos.
>
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El Fri, 19-06-2015 a las 08:29 +0100, Stuart Ward escribió:
> Wednesday evenings it is open to the public.
>
>
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> On 17 June 2015 at 18:51, Gareth France
> wrote:
> I'm thinking about popping over to see if you can help with
> finding an old
Wednesday evenings it is open to the public.
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On 17 June 2015 at 18:51, Gareth France
wrote:
> I'm thinking about popping over to see if you can help with finding an old
> pc. What are the opening hours please?
>
> On 12/06/15 15:55, Stuart Ward wrote:
>
>>
>> On
I'm thinking about popping over to see if you can help with finding an
old pc. What are the opening hours please?
On 12/06/15 15:55, Stuart Ward wrote:
On 12 June 2015 at 08:29, Gareth France mailto:gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk>> wrote:
ideally though I'd like to find something at the ex
On 12/06/15 22:06, Barry Drake wrote:
On 12/06/15 21:44, Gareth France wrote:
Looks different. What is it based on?
Hey - I'm really interested in this. I quote from the Torios website:
"ToriOS, a GNU/Linux Distribution based on Ubuntu LTS, will be
potentially one of the strongest systems a
On 12/06/15 21:44, Gareth France wrote:
Looks different. What is it based on?
Hey - I'm really interested in this. I quote from the Torios website:
"ToriOS, a GNU/Linux Distribution based on Ubuntu LTS, will be
potentially one of the strongest systems available for NON-PAE machines".
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Looks different. What is it based on?
On 12/06/15 21:43, George DiceGeorge wrote:
Torios is being developed for old computers, PAE
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From: Gareth France
Sent: Friday, 12 June, 2015 08:29
To: UK Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers
Dan,
It's a step in the right direction, ideally t
Ah yes, thank you for the offer. I have been meaning to visit you for
years but family commitments now prevent such luxuries as hobbies! I
will try to stop by some time and see. It would be great to get some
feedback on my ideas also.
On 12/06/15 15:55, Stuart Ward wrote:
On 12 June 2015 at
On 12 June 2015 at 15:55, Stuart Ward wrote:
>
> On 12 June 2015 at 08:29, Gareth France
> wrote:
>
>> ideally though I'd like to find something at the extreme bottom range of
>> what is still usable. I know slitaz will run on a 486 very quickly and it
>> looks as modern as any OS.
>
>
Unfortuna
On 12 June 2015 at 08:29, Gareth France
wrote:
> ideally though I'd like to find something at the extreme bottom range of
> what is still usable. I know slitaz will run on a 486 very quickly and it
> looks as modern as any OS.
Gareth
I am sure we have something like that it the various compute
Dan,
It's a step in the right direction, ideally though I'd like to find
something at the extreme bottom range of what is still usable. I know
slitaz will run on a 486 very quickly and it looks as modern as any OS.
Of course it doesn't have the support you'd want for promoting it to
customers
Hi Gareth,
I don't know if it is exactly what you're looking for, but I've got an
old(ish) Toshiba equium with a pentium processor that's running 32-bit
Ubuntu 14.04.
I'd be more than happy to bring it along if you're interested.
Dan Andrews
On 12 Jun 2015 8:16 am, "Gareth France"
wrote:
> I'm
I'm working on a new project and need to ask for your help. Here in High
Wycombe we have a pop up shop which can be rented to try out new
business ideas before committing to long term leases etc. I am wanting
to launch a new service offering sales and support aimed at home and
small business users
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