[aklug] Re: OLD MACHINES & linux

* Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [150205 07:36]:
> * Greg Schmitz <greg@amipa.org> [150205 07:11]:
> >
> > At home, all of the machines I am using are at least 10 years old. Using
> > old machines saves me lots of money (thousands of dollars actually) and
> > Linux is a big help because unlike MS or Apple products I'm not excluded
> > because of software/hardware interactions (for the most part).
> I've got four netbooks here. Two Asus EEEpc 900s an hp and an
> acer. They are all about 5 years old. I put 2 G Ram on each with
> xubuntu and fluxbox.
>
> I intend to put the ubuntu mimimal install in one of the asus and
> I expect even better perfomance.
> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/minimal
> Will let you all know how that goes.
 I am preparing to do a minimal install on one of the asus' here.
 I intend to use wicd for a network manager - to avoid a bunch of
 dependencies, which in my mind defeats the purpose.

 Can anyone recommend a power manager/batter indicator that does not
 have a lot of dependencies?
 thanks

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Tim 
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