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Ian442

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I made a separate thread just to let you know that I have used it for about 5 years off and on in different variants. Right now my old laptop is now new again with the latest version of Linux Mint 17.x

Once I got the instructions on how to configure the serial port via USB for networking purposes...I have been all set to go. My real work is done primarily on Cisco network equipment which for us is all still command line just like classic unix although the latest switches are using a Linux Variant.

I also however enjoy Windows 10 an awful lot. So much so that all my machines at home are now using 10 thanks to Dell making it easy to upgrade.

I have used Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Xbuntu, and other distros of linux such as Puppy, DamnSmallLinux, and a few others that escape me at the moment.
 

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No argument there. I work in a research environment, SciLinux is the best fit for us. I use Fedora also cause that gives me a bit of a heads up on what SciLinux will look like in the near-ish future. Been using a wide range of UNIX/Linux variants for better than 20 years now.

I have a Win 10 system at home, just for a couple of applications that don't have a Linux version that fits my particular needs. It's okay, but I'll always prefer Linux whenever possible.
 

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I used Puppy for a while on my 8GB EEEpc (900a), but lack of support led me to reset it back to the factory Xandros distro (which also doesn't have any support, but at least is fairly stable). I'd like to spend some money and bring it up to a little better specs, but for now I just want to find a lightweight distro that has support for current browsers.
 

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Long time ago I had a SCO360 Server at a place I worked at as Sys Admin for Medical Transcriptions.
I knew nothing about Unix when I started; learned in a hurry, and the machine fell in love with me.
It didn't like me being on a plane.
Every time I had to fly to Medford or Orange County it would crash. Different people tried all kinds of ways to get it to boot, no deal.
Door of the plane would open, my cell rings, they try it again, and it ran perfect.
Do the flight home, same deal.
After working there 4 years I left; it crashed, and never booted again.
Dam thing was haunted.

I haven't touched Unix since.
 

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Long time ago I had a SCO360 Server at a place I worked at as Sys Admin for Medical Transcriptions.
I knew nothing about Unix when I started; learned in a hurry, and the machine fell in love with me.
It didn't like me being on a plane.
Every time I had to fly to Medford or Orange County it would crash. Different people tried all kinds of ways to get it to boot, no deal.
Door of the plane would open, my cell rings, they try it again, and it ran perfect.
Do the flight home, same deal.
After working there 4 years I left; it crashed, and never booted again.
Dam thing was haunted.

I haven't touched Unix since.
Your name wouldn't happen to be Dave and the unix' name wouldn't happen to be HAL, would it?
 

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Long time ago I had a SCO360 Server at a place I worked at as Sys Admin for Medical Transcriptions.
I knew nothing about Unix when I started; learned in a hurry, and the machine fell in love with me.
It didn't like me being on a plane.
Every time I had to fly to Medford or Orange County it would crash. Different people tried all kinds of ways to get it to boot, no deal.
Door of the plane would open, my cell rings, they try it again, and it ran perfect.
Do the flight home, same deal.
After working there 4 years I left; it crashed, and never booted again.
Dam thing was haunted.

I haven't touched Unix since.
I have mastered the book "I speak basic to my Commodore 64". Does that entitle me to participate in the conversation here? I know for a fact it makes me more qualified than RU.
OK here's the problem with older unix and some old computers. Because aircraft fly over flyover country some ham operators still use latency crystal controlled oscillators that only affect certain avionics equipment and 500 htz power supplies even from the ground. Though extremely rare the third harmonic from these old latency crystal controlled oscillators is easily blocked by a simple bfo that transmits only locally inside all aircraft cabins only as a precautionary safety feature. Turns out that bfo doesn't like your old unix computer either. You're also right about the door. That's exactly where the bfo on off pressure switch is just like the dome on off light in your car works.
 

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Years ago, Compaq came up with these little tiny workstations that had a subscription service through MSN called the IA-1. very easy to run for most folks, however no hard drive, no fan, really low power stuff. Someone came up with Midori Linux when MSN canned their service. It gave the devices a whole new life. Too bad I didn't have access to a ethernet usb dongle at the time or I would have kept the thing.

I wound up putting DamnSmallLinux which at 50 mb total was pretty cool to use.
 
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