[04:40] <nhaines> Ooh, I picked up a 850MHz PIII today.  I'm throwing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it as soon as I DBAN the drive.
[04:40] <nhaines> No Windows ME today.
[04:57] <Torikun> nice
[04:58] <nhaines> Whether I can get Ubuntu, Lubuntu, or some minimal Debian on there or whether I just have to LTSP it, should be fun.
[05:01] <pleia2> if nothing else, I hear they make decent space heaters
[05:04] <nhaines> Probably!
[05:04] <nhaines> This thing has a fax modem in it.
[05:04] <pleia2> lol
[05:05] <nhaines> Apparently, modems were digital to acoustic modulators/demodulators which could be used to communicate over a technology called a phone line.  A fax device could use that technology to send facsimile copies to a remote location.
[05:06] <nhaines> pleia2: it's a wonder anyone survived.
[05:06]  * pleia2 chuckles
[05:07] <nhaines> I wonder if I could harrass Microsoft to get a downgrade license to Windows 98 SE.
[05:07] <pleia2> win2k forever
[05:08] <blitz> win2k infinity
[05:08] <pleia2> but really, I am quite enjoying lubuntu on my G4 PowerBook
[05:08] <pleia2> started doing iso test this week on it too :)
[05:09] <nhaines> I would probably run on this.  I'm hunting down a keyboard now for first power up, but I'm fairly certain I doubled the RAM.  (Says 128MB, but I know I didn't put WinXP on this for my aunt and uncle with only 128MB.)
[05:09] <nhaines> pleia2: yorba sockets are highly overrated.  :)
[05:09] <pleia2> hoory for early-in-the-cycle-before-they-break-things trusty
[05:09] <pleia2> yeah, who needs 'em
[05:19] <nhaines> So far trusty's looking great.... (on my phone.)
[05:20] <pleia2> it's mega tempting just to buy a non-work phone to put ubuntu on and have a plan
[05:20] <pleia2> but I think I'll wait until next year and see about snagging a pre-installed one
[05:20] <nhaines> Let's see.  VGA, keyboard, Ethernet, and power.  I think this might be ready to fire up.
[05:20] <nhaines> pleia2: but think of all the Mir crashes you'll miss.  :)
[05:21] <pleia2> hah
[05:21] <nhaines> I want my next phone to be a Nexus 5 at the moment, but I'm holding off until either my Galaxy Nexus's screen completely dies or until I can get a preinstalled Ubuntu phone.
[05:22] <nhaines> Ooh, that's a nice power supply.  Also, this already just has Ubuntu on it.
[05:23] <nhaines> This should be fun.
[05:24] <nhaines> Ooh, it's karmic!  9.10.
[05:25] <nhaines> Quite brown.
[05:25] <pleia2> hehe, remember brown
[05:25] <nhaines> I think I set this up for them because occasionally Windows would die and they were comfortable using this to get banking and stuff done without worrying about viruses.
[05:26] <nhaines> Plus WinXP took 15 minutes to boot to desktop and this took more like 3.
[05:26] <pleia2> lol
[05:27] <nhaines> Then another 30 to run Thunderbird.  They were much happier this way.  Hmm, wonder if it really still knew the time or if Ubuntu snarfed it via NTP.
[05:32] <nhaines> 384 MB RAM!  That means it can handle computing!
[05:32] <pleia2> hehe
[05:33] <pleia2> we're currently in the middle of doing min spec requirements testing for xubuntu
[05:33] <nhaines> Need help?  :P
[05:33] <pleia2> if you do end up installing xubuntu, your feedback would be appreciated: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2013-November/009468.html
[05:33] <darthrobot> Title: [Update of the minimum requierements]
[05:34] <pleia2> my proposal there is for testing on VMs, but that's only because no one has old computers anymore ;)
[05:34] <pleia2> obviously testing on real computers is much better
[05:35] <nhaines> I'm probably not going to get anything real done on this one.  I'm sure I could do a Xubuntu pass.
[05:36] <pleia2> much appreciated
[05:39] <nhaines> I'll bet this computer plays a mean game of nethack.
[05:40] <nhaines> Also!  It is too dark to see.  If you continue, you may be eaten by a grue.
[05:40] <pleia2> I learned to carry a flashlight in my purse from Zork
[05:40] <nhaines> :)
[05:40] <pleia2> serves me well
[05:40] <pleia2> humans can't see in the dark, it's a problem
[05:42] <nhaines> Unlike cats with their taptum that reflects light back into their stupid retinas.  So they can judge us even in the dark.
[05:42] <pleia2> fortunately they mostly just sleep
[05:42] <nhaines> Sleeping is my cat's hobby.  Sleeping and biting.
[07:17] <nhaines> Yay, I got it to boot past immediate hard lock upon kernel selection.
[07:19] <nhaines> Because these BIOS changes made a 12.04 LTS CD bootable, and also because I have poor decision-making skills, I am going to try the 13.10 mini ISO.
[07:32] <nhaines> Which, doesn't work.  And wow, 12.04 is really slow until it finishes loading.  Snappy after that.  Will be interesting to see if the installed system follows suite.
[08:03] <nhaines> Trivia time.  Guess what hates software rendering a blur filter over a 1440x900 display?
[08:03] <nhaines> No hints, but it's initials are "850MHz PIII processor" and "with no graphical accelerator and 1MB allocated to onboard VRAM."