-=> Matt Munson wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 MM> I have a Pentium 4 box I was thinking of using for bbsing purposes and
 MM> windows xp will no longer be supported in 2014, so I wanted to give my
 MM> old computer some new life.

I'm running Lubuntu on my P4 systems - Lubuntu is Ubuntu with LXDE, a 
lightweight window manager. Lubuntu runs in quite a bit less memory and the 
install is quite a bit smaller than Ubuntu.

I have VirtualBox running on it, and have a cut down version of XP running 
in a VM. I used XPLite to cut the OS down to the bare minimum. It runs in 
about 70 megs.

I figure if I cut enough out of XP, it should be secure enough for 
occasional use, even after the 2014 support end-date. It's a time machine of 
sorts, anyways - I use it to run 16-bit DOS programs, like my DOS editor and 
QWK reader.

And, as I get more comfortable with Linux on the desktop, I don't have the 
same need to upgrade my hardware to keep up with Microsoft's revenue needs.


        kurt weiske   | kw at realitycheckBBS dot org
                      | http://www.realitycheckbbs.org


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