[Cialug] Which Distro is best?

[Nick Johnson]

Oh dont worry about the loaner box, but thanks a lot for the offer Jeff. A
while back i had a dell but decided to build my own, so i have one. I was
just wondering if it would be too old. I'll try and load it on the box
tomorrow.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am in Cedar Falls, and might be able to scrape together a loaner box...
>
> Might be a little on the loud side, though.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> David Champion wrote:
>
>> That's odd that it works for a while, then stops... have you tried
>> unplugging the mouse & plugging it back in?
>>
>> If you ask around here, someone may have some older hardware they'd be
>> willing to part with. :)
>>
>> p.s. (off topic pedantic being a jerk etc) "Infact" is 2 words... "in
>> fact". I've seen that one used a lot lately...  :p
>>
>> -dc
>>
>> Jeff Chapin wrote:
>>
>>> Linux can run on slow, older hardware. Infact the support is often better
>>> on older, cheaper hardware than cutting edge stuff.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>
>>> Nick Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> i did the install through the live cd, and through the windows wubi
>>>> installer. both times the mouse didnt work, i tried two different usb port
>>>> mice, both of which work for about 10-15 minutes on ubuntu then become
>>>> obsolete. Also, the mouse and the keyboard are independent of one another.
>>>> And all those who said that i should get another computer off of craigs list
>>>> just for linux os, i am not familiar with the system specs for linux, so
>>>> would it need to be a fairly new system or could it stand to be a few years
>>>> old?
>>>>
>>>
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