Welcome to the Ubuntu community :-) There is project, where you might be able to help with your old hardware. Please help us test Lubuntu with Phill's non-pae kernel. See this thread at the Ubuntu Forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2216356 and these links for more details (post #40 and post #64 in the same thread) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2216356&page=2&p=13003216#post13003216 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2216356&page=4&p=13016786#post13016786 and also this link (posts #88 and #89 and following) in another thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2209683&page=5&p=12957586#post12957586 Best regards Nio 2014-05-07 21:33, sammykur skrev: > Well I guess I will start with some of my background when i was a kid I > had a commodore vic 20 and used to leave that thing plugged in for weeks > at a time to get to see a ball bounce across the screen . (no tape deck) > If I remember correctly the book that came with that thing was terrible > all i can remember is programs written out and copying the text. When it > didn’t get unplugged I would change the values of numbers and move > things around within the programs and try to see the effects of each. I > grew tired of not being able to save things and lost interest. > > My next exposure to a computer was in math class in JR high they bought > Apple II Ecomputers and the teacher had no clue what to do with them. We > spentj ust a few days on them in a year one of the days he spent > "teaching " the class how to turn them on. We were paired into groups of > two and he would give each group instructions separately and then watch > each person turn it on.Then we spent three days doing the hello world > thing At the time I didnt realize how ignorant or lazy he was. > > When i was in my 20's I purchased my first computer and used it for cad > drafting ,word processing and things like that. I still remember having > to order and put in a math coprocessor. It had windows 3.1 on it ,I > really liked that OS. I thought when everyone was switching over to 95 > they were nuts. Seemed to me that they just put more whistles and bells > on it and made it harder to use. > > I really don’t remember what happened to that 386 but I really wasnt > very enthused about computers from 95 till the last few years of XP. > sometime around 2005-2006 my wife bought a dell and i never could get on > it,so i went to rummage sales and would pick up computers off the side > of the road and put together a P2 system from the parts i had found, ran > XP on it. I was in love with the hardware end of computers from then on. > There is a gov surplus store that sells computers near me ,sometimes I > get the urge and just cant help myself $15 dollar coreduo why not even > if there is not hard-drive.Ubuntu is great for checking them out as they > are sold as is for parts. I am a computer packrat I built shelves in my > computer room just to store the stuff. I have about 6 of any generic > item you could name.,plus computers themselves.(not to mention a still > sealed copy of windows 3.1 yea) > > I was pretty happy with the hardware end of things but i still wasnt > satisfied with just using programs, I always was tinkering with the OS > in some way or doing something the average windows user had never > thought about. silly things like changing the boot screen, using xplite > and other programs to customize windows. did a little bit from the > command prompt but really didn’t have the support resourse like terminal > does (probably there if you seek them out) I usually broke my OS about > once a month and still do usually beyond the point of no return or else > it gets too cluttered up and i just start over. > I just love Ubuntu, wiped windows on day 2 after retrying it. I had > tried it once before but kept the crutch and leaned on it more and more. > This time it was an easier transition Ubuntu has become more user > friendly (software canter helps a lot at first) for noobes and I found > the forums.. I have had nothing but positive experiences in the forums. > I put together my first bash script to install cuda on my system about a > week ago(with lots of help,thanks everybody) and have been slowly adding > to it so next time i reinstall i can just run it after install. > > > Sorry if this seems long winded but I thought the more you knew about me > the better you might be able guide me to where i could do the most > good.(I hope everyone else’s into isn’t just "hey hows it going just > signed up") > > > I have gotten so much out of Ubuntu I thought it time to give back, > > > sammykur > > > "If you are falling off a cliff you might as well try to fly" > > > > -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
