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On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> On 01/10/2009 10:03 PM, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> > We are trying to fix a laptop computer (ME) for someone in another town
> > for doing email at wifi hotspots, and I offered him a loaner.  Having seen
> > what just happened to an XP computer that got hit by a virus (which
> > disabled the antivirus program and let in 84 others in one browsing
> > session) I would not lend anyone a Windows computer without antivirus
> > protection, and my laptops won't be usable with the antivirus program
> > slowing them down.  BL has never gotten viruses that I know of.
> Look into SuRun or SuDown. I've also managed to avoid getting viruses on
> XP by using Firefox and NoScript, and you can use K-Meleon with NoScript
> if the laptop can't handle FF (AdBlock+ is nice too).

The loaner laptop is 100Mhz with 24MB memory and will not run XP.  Or KDE.
Or Firefox.  I used it with BL and Opera 8.54.  9.63 uses too much RAM.

Would Win98 run better in 24MB than BL3.5 does?  I could ask him to use it 
only for email.

> > Opera 8.54 with JWM in BL3 at 800x600 let me sign up slowly (use BASIC
> > non-ActiveX LITE version as home page) and send AOL mail (default is HTML
> > but settings, compose lets you remove that - unbeknownst to everyone
> > writing me from AOL) but the SUBMIT button was nearly off screen bottom.
> > Zoom out. No way to optimize for a smaller screen (unlike fastmail.fm).

> Is it necessary to use webmail? Wouldn't it be possible to setup an 
> account in Claws or mutt?

AOL does offer POP mail.  Thanks for the idea.  I might try him with 
Sylpheed.

Lynx would not log in.  Needs javascript? It works with fastmail and 
(slowly) gmail.

I have one cardbus wireless card, D-Link 650+, which worked in XP but not 
in 98 (ipconfig /renew_all did not find my nearby wireless router).

The linux driver acx_pci.o cannot find an irq and suggested pci=irqbios. 
Where do I type this?

It also told me this was a stupid card and to get something better.

The Linksys WPC11 v 4 needs ndiswrapper for linux, and the Win98 driver 
installed but ipconfig failed again.  (In XP setup would not run - there 
is even an XP subdirectory).

> > Sindi Keesan