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My first Linux experience: Overwhelmingly positive.
Newsvine ^ | February 13th

Posted on 02/14/2007 8:48:43 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing

My excitement dissipated, however, when I learned the iMacs were built around the the turn of the century. 350mhz processors, 128MB or RAM, no firewire or USB 2. OS 9.2 — yuck. These computers couldn't even load cnn.com without flipping out.

So I started thinking. How can I make these computers functional again?

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: linux; mac
Linux OS's just don't have the steep system requirements that others do.
1 posted on 02/14/2007 8:48:43 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Why not OS X ?

2 posted on 02/14/2007 9:00:43 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHVH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya’aqob.”Isaiah 60:16)
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To: XeniaSt

Because for OSX you should have at least 256MB RAM if not 512MB, plus a decent speed CPU? My 450Mhz G4 with 1GB of RAM is right on the outer limit of acceptable performance.


3 posted on 02/14/2007 9:02:35 AM PST by ikka
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To: ikka
You can put a gig of memory in a Blue Bondi

4 posted on 02/14/2007 9:07:12 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHVH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya’aqob.”Isaiah 60:16)
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To: ikka

What problems would you expect with a Mac under 450 mhz?

I have a 400 mHz G3 iMac, with 640 mB sdram, and OS 10.3.9, recently installed.


5 posted on 02/14/2007 9:31:01 AM PST by secretagent
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To: secretagent
You can put XUbuntu on it and it'll still be running when Windows Vista is obsolete.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

6 posted on 02/14/2007 9:47:25 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: secretagent
I don't have problems, it is just that I run Firefox with many tabs open, plus I run OpenOffice ( a pig on CPU and RAM), plus other stuff and it can get a little bogged down.

It does not have the power to decode DivX movies at any size other than a small window, for instance (maybe this is due to the video card).

7 posted on 02/14/2007 2:07:40 PM PST by ikka
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To: XeniaSt

steep system requirements.

Xubuntu is a free upgrade. a memory upgrade is not. Especially in the context as originally posted.... a classroom.

I don't buy into the media's BS that the school is falling appart under the evil bush regime, but if they can continue to use existing computers with free software, that's good use of our tax dollars. Might prevent a future tax increase, who knows.

Even with as cheap as ram is, not all of us can afford that. I happen to be one of them. Ram isn't in the budget.


8 posted on 02/14/2007 9:05:04 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
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To: goldstategop

If the KDE devs are correct on their projections for KDE 4, you could put that too on it. It'll be both faster(20-30%) and smaller.(10-15%)

There's no reason why both MS and Apple have to bloat their OS's as much as they do.

At least Apple successfully makes it feel faster with their new revisions, but it still keeps getting bigger. MS is just crap.


9 posted on 02/14/2007 9:13:38 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
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