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From: Mike Easter on 9 Jun 2010 09:25 RayLopez99 wrote: > J G Miller >>> I also want to install OpenOffice 1.0, which is the only thing that will >>> run on this old hardware... You definitely should *not* use OO any version, as it is a resource hog compared to others, and you have no resources to spare. >> If you only need to prepare and read documents, have you considered >> abiword instead? > Yes, I would like to try this program. Can you please tell me how to > install it? Abiword is fatter than the default DSL apps, but a *lot* leaner than OO. A real lot. You also must realize that DSL, like Puppy, has stripped down its methods of installation in such a way that you as a newbie will have a great deal more trouble installing anything unless you play by the DSL methods or intentions. Puppy has a lot more availability of puppy programs available for its methods than does DSL. That being said, DSL does have Abiword in its myDSL repositories. You should read up on how to use myDSL and install AbiWord that way and find out if it is too fat for your ram. -- Mike Easter posted to cols only
From: Mike Easter on 9 Jun 2010 09:44 RayLopez99 wrote: > Mike Easter >> That is definitely *NOT* a P II. That is a P54C, vintage about 1994, >> plain pentium 100 mhz, not even a pentium mmx which came 3 years later. > (I don't think the 46 MB RAM is mis-seated either--though that is an > oddball number). You need to find out: -1- how much ram your mobo can use -2- how many of what kind of ram slots there are (simm/dimm) and how they can/should be populated -3- how to (reasonably easily) get your hands on some more ram to maximize the potential for the machine -4- the key to 1-3 is determining the mobo with software and also looking at the mobo for identification and examining its ram slots -- Mike Easter
From: Mike Easter on 10 Jun 2010 11:35 RayLopez99 wrote: Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup, alt.comp.linux, alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt > ray >> Hey NoBalls > well if it's so fucing easy And you two are having this petty spat across 3 groups including homebuilt because...? .... because RL trollishly started the thread in 3 groups and all of the replying sheep are cross-posting with him. -- Mike Easter posted to cols only
From: Mike Easter on 10 Jun 2010 12:58 RayLopez99 wrote: > J G Miller >> If you only need to prepare and read documents, have you considered >> abiword instead? > Yes, I would like to try this program. Can you please tell me how to > install it? You need to -1- identify your mobo -2- upgrade your ram a little or a lot -3- Use the abiword in myDSL (in this current scenario) and see if it works Note that according to Robert Shingledecker (the mydsl guru), abiword wants 8.5 meg which is a little more than you have left with your paltry 46 megs of ram according to the DSL System Stats you posted earlier. If you want a graphical interface and enough ram to even think about running OpenOffice (or an old MS Word under a MS OS for that matter), you need more ram. So, then besides upgrading your ram according to your unknown mobo, considering your target user (you) and target docs (MS Word), you should consider using pclite w2k or pclite w98se or puppy linux + AbiWord if you have/get about 128meg, or any linux you like and OO if you have/get 512 meg. -- Mike Easter
From: Mike Easter on 10 Jun 2010 16:07
William Poaster wrote: > Mike Easter wrote: >> ... RL trollishly started the thread in 3 groups > You'll note he uses a pirated version of windoze too. > How/where would I note /that/? -- Mike Easter |