[wplug] looking for old computers
Doug Green
diego96 at mac.com
Thu Dec 5 17:41:41 EST 2002
On 12/5/02 5:20 PM, "Nick Iglehart" <ncoastpub at mousepadmag.com> wrote:
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> I stand corrected. I must be thinking of some other technology. Or
> more likely confusing two technologies. Disregard previous
> statements. :)
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> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf
> Of Eric C. Cooper
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:23 AM
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> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:49:53AM -0500, Nick Iglehart wrote:
>> If you use anything slower than a 233 or so I would recommend
>> installing blackbox or some other lightweight window manager.
>> Gnome and KDE just don't have much oomph on a 486.
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> The LTSP approach that the OP plans on deploying uses the older
> machines as pure X Terminals. The window managers, desktop
> environments, and applications all run on servers with more
> horsepower.
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Sorry I didn't pay attention to the full conversation, but I have a bunch of
computers that I planned to ship to Mexico as donations. To make a long
story short, I've run out of "free" time to work on this project. Still, I
would really like to see these machines go to good use- either here or in
Mexico. Please email me directly at diego96 at mac.com if you're interested in
taking them off my hands, fixing them up (I have a ton of spare
parts/drives/etc) and donating them where they will be put to good use.
Doug Green
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