[04:03] highvoltage: I've picked up your meme [04:29] and so has someone else it seems [07:02] Good morning [07:38] hi, alkisg [14:06] highvoltage: http://jonathancarter.co.za/2010/04/24/then-and-now-meme/ loving the desktop :D [14:18] I mean the lucid btw ;) [14:19] although I do love old linux distros [14:26] mhall119: heh, yeah saw your post :) [14:27] bencrisford: yeah I actually tried to install RH6 in a VM but it's so old it doesn't even want to boot up in virtualbox anymore [14:27] highvoltage: :o [14:27] bencrisford: got it running in qemu but X couldn't start so I just googled an old screenshot [14:28] highvoltage: cool, I haven't been using linux for that long :( so I don't really have anything to show [14:28] apart from Minix, I haven't used anything unix-based older than ubuntu intrepid [14:32] ive experimented and learned alot since then though ;) [14:34] actually, I think I started on edgy, but it wasn't on my main computer, I was just experimenting, I wasn't a "full" user until intrepid [14:37] brb, rebooting into edubuntu === bencrisford is now known as bencrisford-edu [16:02] wow, wireless working on an old xubuntu install on a computer thats older than me === bencrisford is now known as ben-xubuntu === ben-xubuntu is now known as bcrisford-xfce [16:45] what are you, 10? [16:48] mhall119: lol no :P, v.old computer [16:48] probably isnt older than me [16:48] just a figure of speech ;) [16:48] I got Xubuntu running on a P2, 400MHz once [16:49] probably from the late 90's [16:49] cool [16:50] what make? [16:52] hell, according to the dell website its no-where near as old as me :( [16:52] but 9 years, and xubuntu karmic, I think thats quite impressive [16:52] 11 years* [16:53] thats like expecting Call of duty MW2 to run on a dreamcast [16:57] bencrisford: it was an HP or Compaq [17:02] mhall119: oh ok, because thats basically the specs of mine [17:02] mines a Dell GX1-something [17:02] wow, old [17:02] first released 1999 according to dell's website [17:02] really though, as long as it's got enough RAM, it'll likely run [17:03] just sloooooow [17:03] http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ban_gx1/ [17:03] it runs quick compared to my [17:03] compared to my laptop that runs edubuntu lucid [17:03] but thats about the same spec and REALLY messed up [17:04] the core temperature got to 80 degrees one time, I got a warning and it just shut down [17:04] since then its just been mentally slow [17:12] I assume you're talking Celsius [17:22] mhall119: yeah [17:23] * bcrisford-xfce just deleted a partition (but the wrong one) [17:23] now I cannot boot on my main laptop [17:24] oops [17:24] nevermind, i'm tar-ing my docs from a live-cd [17:24] ill burn them to a dvd or two and start again [17:24] I need to upgrade anyway, I haven't done for a week or so [17:24] might go to edubuntu full time... dunno yet [17:27] I do this several times daily on other computers, been a while since i've had to for my beloved lappy :( [18:50] can i find edubuntu with wubu [18:50] or wubi [18:50] to install inside windows