Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: OT: Farewell Windows Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 04:45:25 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <4b288676-8710-4eab-9962-b72fd8efa804@googlegroups.com> <8d106b9a-cb7a-4f89-a913-1dde4f129217@googlegroups.com> <051ef26c-7dfe-4150-8ddf-f95f3c2d66fe@googlegroups.com> <20150808083514.67b5848a@maxa-pc> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:41220 On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 03:10:30 -0400, wrote: > On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 2:35:15 AM UTC-4, Melzzzzz wrote: >> On Fri, 7 Aug 2015 23:23:13 -0700 (PDT) >> visualforth.com wrote: >> > Lubuntu - needs PAE, whatever that is. >> What CPU do you have ? Pentium M? >> [link] > > I really often read that Linux runs on old computers. Yeah, no ... Old Linux will run on old computers. New Linux won't. Supposedly, there weren't enough Linux developers interested in keeping Linux running on old machines. So, THEY REMOVED SUPPORT FOR THEM! Unbelievable ... They claimed bit-rot, BTW. Rod Pemberton -- Scientists now say we'll experience a mini-ice in 2030. So, I guess we need more global warming today ...