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More Options for the Old Machine

  By Chris | September 7, 2008 - 2:39 pm | Tech
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This is a follow-up to a year old post titled Another Option for the Old Machine. A year ago I determined that Windows 2000 standard was the most reasonable OS for my old Thinkpad 600e laptop. It is just the most “usable” as far as performance goes. However, during the … Continue reading →

Tagged 600e, fluxbuntu, Kazehakase, linux, PuppyLinux, SeaMonkey, thinkpad, windows-2000

DSL to Zenwalk and back to Xubuntu

  By Chris | March 15, 2007 - 6:56 pm | Tech
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I had been running Damn Small Linux on my old Thinkpad for the last few months. It generally worked well, but I’ve had a few stumbling points with my somewhat goofy hard drive install of it. I never did manage to get sound going and I hadn’t really stumbled over … Continue reading →

Tagged 600e, damnSmallLinux, laptop, linux, sound, thinkpad, xubuntu, Zenwalk

My Xubuntu Laptop Has Sound!

  By Chris | October 21, 2006 - 10:06 pm | Tech
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Back in August, I wrote a post titled “The Quest for Noise” in which I described my trials and tribulations with getting the combination of my old Thinkpad 600E and Xubuntu to make noise without manually running a script after each reboot. Warren dropped by earlier today and dropped a … Continue reading →

Tagged 600e, linux, sound, thinkpad, Ubuntu, xubuntu
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