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Hi Sindi,

I don't like to say this here, because i've
already complained about talking so much about
SliTaz here on the BasicLinux forum, but ...

For the computers you are talking about, i think
SliTaz would be a better choice of distro than BL.

The oldest laptop on which i have SliTaz running
is a Toshiba 430cdt from 1996, with a pentium cpu
and 32 mb of RAM - however, while SliTaz does boot
to the desktop, everything runs so slowly that i
never use it that way, i always opt for command-line
instead.

But on laptops from around 2000-2001 with 256 mb of RAM,
SliTaz will run great and screamingly fast.


-monz


--- On Mon, 5/31/10, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org> 
wrote:

> From: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [BL] Midori web browser
> To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 3:24 PM
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> wrote:
> 
> > Message from Steven
> > ===================
> > Sindi wrote:
> >>
> >> Steven, do you plan on a BL with 2.6 kernel at
> some point?
> >
> > No.  As you may recall, I was reluctant to
> abandon
> > the 2.0 kernel.  It was small and very suitable
> for
> > 386s and 486s.  The 2.2 kernel was larger, but
> it
> > was a better fit for Pentiums, so eventually it
> > became the default kernel for BL2 and BL3.
> >
> > The 2.2 kernel is still very suitable for the target
> > BasicLinux computers (top 486s and early Pentiums).
> > It is true that the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels have more
> > capabilities than the 2.2. but their footprints are
> > significantly larger.  Moreover, most of the
> addded
> > capabilities are relevant only to later computers.
> 
> SATA has been around since at least 2003.  People are
> now giving us 
> working 7 year old desktops and 233-300MHz laptops. 
> No need to use a 486 
> (which does not take enough memory to use with even an
> older Opera).
> 
> The reason for a 2.6 kernel is to be able to use more
> recent Slackware 
> packages, which are dependencies for a variety of
> browsers.  There are 
> increasing numbers of websites that don't work with older
> versions of 
> browsers, and I can't even get Opera 10 to work (except
> with invisible
> fonts).  The drivers for most wireless cards won't
> compile even with 
> Slackware 11 glibc and gcc.
> 
> What do we do with .ko modules, after compiling them using
> the Slackware 
> 11 config?  Do we need anything other than the latest
> glibc to use 2.6.30 
> kernel and modules from Puppy Linux, or kernel and modules
> from some other 
> small linux?
> 
> The HOWTOS assume you use modprobe and lots of automation
> (configuration 
> files) to automatically detect hardware.
> 
> Sindi
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
> 
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