I’ve mentioned the K-Meleon browser a few times and really like using it on older computers — and on my little Eee netbook. It doesn’t use much memory or processor and is very compatible with modern sites.
I’ve had one minor annoyance with it though: Getting links to open in new tabs instead of new windows.
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A common browser keyboard shortcut that I’ve never used – nor properly cared about until recently – is F11. With most browsers, tapping F11 puts you into some variation of full screen mode. When using a tiny display or low resolution you might find this very helpful to maximize what you’re seeing.
To be clear, this
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I’ve had my ASUS Eee PC 4GB for about 4 days now. I’m absolutely infatuated with it – to the point that it impacted my productivity this week at work! In hindsight I’ve probably spent too much time with it, but that time has resulted in a little machine that is very useful to me
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After a brief foray back to the “Linux for old machines” scene, I have once again found myself running Windows 2000 on my old P2 ThinkPad. I’d been most recently running antiX Linux on it, but for a variety of vague reasons decided to go back to Win2K once again.
For me and the uses of
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