Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source
by Brad Linder Jul 12th 2008 at 10:00AM
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Gardiner Westbound said 1:17PM on 7-12-2008
I will welcome WattOS if it does what the publisher says it will do. I have an old HP6460 I would like to rescue from oblivion. I tried over a dozen Linux distros including several boasting low power requirements. None worked very well.
I have never successfully installed and run Ubuntu notwithstanding countless hours working with four versions. I did get the version 6.04 wireless network adapter set up correctly with NDISWrapper, but not the next three releases. The sound does not work on any of them despite a new sound card that meets the Ubuntu specification.
PCLinuxOS 2007 crashes on reboot and must be reinstalled. Research indicates the cause may be insufficient computer memory notwithstanding the HP satisfies the 256 megabytes of memory basic requirement.
SAM 2007 Desktop, based on PCLOS 2007 and Mandriva, also uses the less resource intensive Xfce 4 Desktop. It’s a hodgepodge of applications and lacks PCLOS’s balance, organization and charm. I partitioned the drive with Partition Magic and installed it. It runs at a snail's pace, and slows Windows down too.
I also tried PCLOS TinyMe Test 7, a beta. It ran like the wind on the old HP, but I could not set the screen resolution and there was no sound.
In my experience most Linux distros are long on hype and short on performance.
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Joseph Barr said 10:11PM on 7-13-2008
Have you tried Puppy Linux 3 ?
PCLOS said 1:26PM on 7-14-2008
try PCLOS's mini distros like MiniMe or TinyMe
brie987 said 8:02AM on 7-15-2008
I agree with Joseph, I have Puppy Linux on dual boot on my Thinkpad 240 and it works great. 6gig rom, 192mb ram, P2 300ghz. Puppy also has a great forum that helps with everything. Being a total nubi I was very grateful.
Eric said 7:47AM on 7-14-2008
Yay, N+1 linux distribution with 1/(N+1) quality.
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Keith Eckstein said 7:47AM on 7-14-2008
Gardiner - as Joseph says; Puppy might the way for you to rescue your old HP. I am running Puppy on a 600MHz Celeron with 256MB of RAM and it is functionally (in terms of bootup, application load times, application response time), the fastest machine I have (currently typing this on a 2.6GHz AMD - 2GB of RAM - Ubuntu Hardy Heron) - try it ouy, you might be suprised. The newest version of Puppy is 4.0 (I think) but there are many variations (tailored for different requirements) - they're all small downloads - the official website can be confusing but if you Google, you'll find plenty of other sites (such a s Distrowatch) which may give more information. By the way, although you can run Puppy from the CD, I have installed to hard drive - that just seems more natural to me.
Give it a go,
Keith
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dec said 7:47AM on 7-14-2008
...so what about xubuntu alternate?
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Ethan said 12:27PM on 7-14-2008
What OS should i get?
WattOS.
Yeah, What OS?
That's right.
That's what I'm asking you. What OS?
WattOS!
(etc until violence ensues)
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immrlizard said 1:25PM on 7-14-2008
@ Gardiner Westbound
I have had some of the same experiences that you have it sounds. I have had success with Damnsmall linux, puppy linux and if you have a little more power, xubuntu. They are really small and work on very little resources. Just for giggles I installed Damnsmall on a machine that I usually ran XP and I was shocked at how fast it was.
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brie987 said 8:02AM on 7-15-2008
Does anyone think this will work with a Nokia N770 internet tablet? Thanks.
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Gardiner Westbound said 10:17AM on 7-15-2008
Thanks all for the tips. I am downloading Puppy and Damn Small and will give them a try
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Lee Tompkins said 12:50AM on 9-12-2008
I have tried many Linux Distro's all of them have their good points (at least most do). I have found nothing which can run on older hardware like Puppy. I am using Puppy ver.4.01 on this machine it is a Toshiba Libretto pentium(1) 266mhz and only 64mb ram. I am using a orinoco Gold pcmcia wireless card to connect to the internet. there are more than enough apps available and they are very easy to install using the built in application for browsing the software catalogs.
I know there will be people who want to disagree with me but, trust me give it a chance it's a small download and simple to install.
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