Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Older Hardware Still Works Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:02:29 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5q90ol-l52.ln1@otis.foo> References: <4vecnYdHDPuMwwT1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <08ldnl-8p5.ln1@otis.foo> <1083h1b$402c$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Injection-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:09:18 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="76500c0fabd116c3ece082728134b705"; logging-data="100798"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+K0/ssnX1jrqP3Qy+EUR8ip9F15JVjfa4=" User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:likeTFwAaPyLAeEtoafv3DG1jZ0= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72303 Groovy hepcat Lawrence D’Oliveiro was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Wed, 20 Aug 2025 01:56 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it. > On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:21:04 +1000, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote: > >> After hearing about Ubuntu Netbook Remix, I decided that would be a >> better option. Unfortunately the UI that came with that also sucked! > > sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktop Yeah, I know. But at the time I only had crappy dial-up internet, and there weren't any free wi-fi spots near me. Downloading software was difficult at best, and maxed out before it's finished. So doing that was not really an option then. -- ----- Dig the NEW and IMPROVED news sig!! ----- -------------- Shaggy was here! --------------- Ain't I'm a dawg!!