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nitram:
@FruityComputers. My old hardware shows the apps you mentioned run, just very slowly and with difficulty. You will find it a frustrating system to use, unless you use leaner alternatives. Like brew a coffee while Firefox loads a heavy webpage slow.
In regards to getting graphics going, if CorePlus is working what's the problem? Keep using it, don't bother with BIOS flashing, hardware tinkering or jumping to umteenth distro. One of the primary reasons users distro hop is because they can't figure out how to get their hardware running. The kernel and drivers in the CorePlus you trialed appear to be a good combination for your hardware. So keep using it and learn the Tiny Core system, it will be time better spent. You won't find a leaner system, distros like Lubuntu are heavyweights compared to *Core.
Dedicated /home and /opt, you definitely have drive space but challenge yourself to run a lean Tiny Core install on old hardware. It's not hard to keep the mydata.tgz backup file to <4 MB uncompressed / <1 MB compressed, not going to eat much RAM.
gerald_clark:
It is not the size of the mydata.tgz that kills you. It is the browser cache and graphics in your /home.
Download a few pictures and your machine dies. Keep your /home on disk.
coreplayer2:
The CF-28 accepts up to 384MB Ram modules, so an upgrade is possible.
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curaga:
It appears to have a limited SiliconMotion chip. You can probably get any distro with Xorg running if you install in text mode and manually configure the correct driver, but that won't help you to run Firefox or an office suite, the RAM is just not enough.
nitram:
--- Quote from: gerald_clark on June 03, 2016, 11:51:17 PM ---.. Keep your /home on disk.
--- End quote ---
Respectfully disagree, based on experience with low spec hardware and *Core the following alternative works well:
* *Core works great on old hardware. Running X.org and Fluxbox uses ~50 MB RAM at boot and ~67 MB running emelfm, Dillo and xterm. dCore link but same idea: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/dcore:faq#what_are_the_recommended_system_requirements. Set up appropriately a 256 MB RAM system runs Xorg no problem with resources to spare for light applications.
* Rather than dedicated /home and /opt, set up a seperate ext2 data partition for downloads, personal files, etc. Tiny Core doesn't need more than 1-5 GB for the OS, the rest of the drive can be for personal data. Only use /home for configs and keep it small using /opt/.xfiletool.lst. Periodically copy mydata.tgz to networked system or cloud (contains nothing personal). Extract the back up as needed to restore system or set up new system. Takes only couple minutes to set up preferred configs for WM, browser, file manager, etc on a new install on another computer. As the seperate data partition is not automounted at boot, unlike /home, an extra layer of security for personal data.
* On low end hardware there is a noticeable performance difference using a heavier Window Manager, such as Fluxbox, versus FLWM or even JWM.
* If an application running standalone is close to maximizing RAM (ie. FF, OO), use leaner software (easy) or upgrade hardware (more effort, possible expense).
* A 256 MB low RAM system can run a leaner browser 24/7 without any issues or cache problems.
* If Firefox is a must and it's only a hobby system (no sensitive data) than at own risk use the getFirefox extension and specify an older Firefox version, see the info file. Recommend a pre-Austrailis less bloated version (< v29). Should work well on most sites and render pages better than restrictive browsers. Disable javascript and avoid Flash.
If you're still around FruityComputers, hope this helps.
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