On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 12:07 PM Andras Simon wrote:
> 2022-05-23 16:59 UTC+02:00, jim.cro...@gmail.com :
>
> [...]
> > I have used fedora-live-usb to rescue machines
> > in the past, but Im running out of options.
> > I would welcome other distro suggestions for tired old hardware
>
> https://ww
On Mon, May 23, 2022, 10:53 AM José María Terry Jiménez
wrote:
> El 23/5/22 a las 16:59, jim.cro...@gmail.com escribió:
> >
> > so Ive got some old i686 computers,
> > electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that,
> > I thought Id try to get them working
> >
> > 1st one (toshiba satel
On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 7:42 PM Tim via users
wrote:
> Tim:
> > > In days gone past I used to accept ancient things to keep them
> > > going, rather than scrap them, and at the moment we're resurrecting
> > > some ancient non-computer equipment. At times I'd considered
> > > passing on things I
Tim:
> > In days gone past I used to accept ancient things to keep them
> > going, rather than scrap them, and at the moment we're resurrecting
> > some ancient non-computer equipment. At times I'd considered
> > passing on things I don't need through ebay, and the like, but
> > worked out that mu
On 5/23/22 07:59, jim.cro...@gmail.com wrote:
so Ive got some old i686 computers,
electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that,
I thought Id try to get them working
<(snip)>
If you're willing to step away from Fedora a small distance, you may
wish to check out the Mageia Linux d
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 3:38 AM Michal Schorm wrote:
> Is there any webpage (or some kind of app or service) I could sign up
> to, stating which old HW I possess and would donate, should any such
> good cause need it ?
> I have a few bits.
>
People often post lists of old equipment being given a
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 12:58 AM Tim via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-05-23 at 19:50 -0300, George N. White III wrote:
> > Some of your old working systems may be irreplaceable antiques to
> > people still using old instruments. Even broken systems may be
> > valuab
jim wrote:
>I would welcome other distro suggestions for tired old hardware
I'm using CentOS 7 on an Asus Eee PC 701. RHEL 7 doesn't have an
i686 version but CentOS supports it as an altarch.
Advantages:
- it has all that familiar Red Hat goodness;
- unlike CentOS 8 it'll be supported until RH
Is there any webpage (or some kind of app or service) I could sign up
to, stating which old HW I possess and would donate, should any such
good cause need it ?
I have a few bits.
--
Michal Schorm
Software Engineer
Core Services - Databases Team
Red Hat
--
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 5:58 AM Tim via
On Mon, 2022-05-23 at 19:50 -0300, George N. White III wrote:
> Some of your old working systems may be irreplaceable antiques to
> people still using old instruments. Even broken systems may be
> valuable sources of spare parts. It may be worth checking for
> listing of your models on for sale si
On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 12:08 PM wrote:
>
> so Ive got some old i686 computers,
> electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that,
> I thought Id try to get them working
>
> 1st one (toshiba satellite core2 laptop) threw a hard-drive,
> clunking noises, then finally falls back to pxe-boo
2022-05-23 16:59 UTC+02:00, jim.cro...@gmail.com :
[...]
> I have used fedora-live-usb to rescue machines
> in the past, but Im running out of options.
> I would welcome other distro suggestions for tired old hardware
https://www.lxle.net works for me on a netbook from around 2008.
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Don't know about the pavilion g7, but i checked at the archive for the
F30 release
(https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/30/Workstation/)
and there is no i686 iso. Perhaps the archive is incomplete.
There are i386 images in F25 though
(https://archives.fedorapr
El 23/5/22 a las 16:59, jim.cro...@gmail.com escribió:
so Ive got some old i686 computers,
electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that,
I thought Id try to get them working
1st one (toshiba satellite core2 laptop) threw a hard-drive,
clunking noises, then finally falls back to pxe-
so Ive got some old i686 computers,
electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that,
I thought Id try to get them working
1st one (toshiba satellite core2 laptop) threw a hard-drive,
clunking noises, then finally falls back to pxe-boot.
I put fedora-30-live on a usb (last one with i686 s
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