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On 01/11/2009 09:12 AM, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
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> > 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.
>
>    
Oh sorry, I thought XP was an option (misread that). Windows 98 probably 
won't do much better -- I've used Win98 on a Compaq Presario 5070 with 
28MB RAM (4MB was eaten by the video card) and it was unbearably slow. 
And in terms of security, Windows 98 is a nightmare.
> > > 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).
>
>    
I've used D-Link DWL-G650 cards successfully with kernels 2.4.31 and up.
> 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 DWL-G650 is around 17$ on Amazon.
> 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
> > >        
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