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Then since I have free broadband

 

???  How do you get "free" broadband?  I can't even get broadband for an excessive monthly fee.  Thanks.

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> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote: 
> > 
> > > I downloaded Opera 9.63. I could not find a way to run it from a wrapper 
> > > script in the unpacked directory so I ran install.sh. 
> > 
> > 
> > Turns out the wrapper script is in a different place and you don't need to 
> > install this version. 
> > 
> > You can safely delete about 8MB of locale files (keep en or your preferred 
> > language directory or it won't load). 
> > 
> > No more complaints about plugins not working. 
> > 
> > I am testing the battery for my Toshiba Satellite 420CDT 100Mhz with 24MB 
> > memory (which also works in 133 and 266MHz Toshibas among others) and was 
> > instructed to keep the computer in use as long as possible so I stuck in 
> > my orinoco card (a Microsoft MSN labelled one) and booted with a 2.4 
> > framebuffer kernel so I could get nice full-screen text and also use this 
> > card (won't work with 2.2 kernel). 
> > 
> > With this and another small 2.4 kernel, the computer crashes if I load X, 
> > switch to another VT, then switch back to X. TO avoid this, I kill the 
> > process for X from the vt. 
> > 
> > SVGA server uses 17.1% of memory (does this include my 48MB swap?). 
> > Xvesa 5.1% 
> > xfbdev 4% (probably also a bit extra for the kernel). 
> > 
> > With the last of these and fb kernel, simply loading X and an rxvt uses 
> > 20MB memory, which leaves little to work in unless you swap a lot. 
> > 
> > I loaded X_SVGA and Opera 9.63 which took forever to load and then got 
> > stuck at a big site and would not quit loading it, or let me switch VTs, 
> > or exit Opera until it finished loading the site. I discovered after it 
> > finally got the site downloaded that Opera itself was using about 80% of 
> > memory. After starting over with xfbdev and about:blank, it uses only (!) 
> > 69.9%. I repeated the test a few times. Then since I have free broadband 
> > I downloaded other versions: 
> > 
> > bz2 binary %RAM (of 72MB) 
> > 7.54 4.6M 9.8M 57.4% (with graphical ad banner, not removable) 
> > 8.54 5.5M 12M 39.7% (about:blank default page) 
> > 9.26 6.5M 14.4M 57.9% (loaded about:blank instead of speed dial) 
> > 9.50b 7.6M (this one crashes a lot, unstable beta) 
> > 9.63 10.2M 15.9M 69.9% (about:blank) 
> > 
> > The larger package size of 9.63 is partly due to 7MB unpacked of locale 
> > files. 
> > 
> > I will be using 8.54 on my laptops (16-32MB RAM). Windows instead of 
> > Classical appearance. Browse without images. 
> > 
> > 
> > The battery, which used to conk out in 10 minutes, was rejuvenated by 
> > running it all the way down then recharging it overnight. Before that it 
> > would not even light up green. It ran 77 minutes in a test with hard 
> > drive running continuously but screen blanked, and exactly two hours of 
> > continuous use with screen on, hard drive accessed frequently, and 
> > wireless pcmcia in use more than half the time (which is supposed to 
> > really wipe out PDA batteries). 
> > 
> > Super duper little computer if I don't try to run newer Opera on it and am 
> > careful not to switch between X and console. Only drawback is heavy 
> > battery (but it stores much better than lithium, which loses capacity over 
> > time even when unused due to oxidation, and would have been completely 
> > dead in 10 years) and the internal power supply also adds weight. 
> > It only filled half the screen with text, without the framebuffer. 
> > 
> > The working battery should let us access the internet outdoors near free 
> > WiFi spots. Aironet 340 will work with kernel 2.2 and is also more 
> > sensitive. 
> > We also have free wireless downtown and eventually in the whole county, 
> > at dialup speeds. Very weak signal would not reach indoors without a $200 
> > antenna setup. 
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