So I downloaded, for fun, the 48MB Damn Small Linux operating system and ran it. I wanted to see what an OS scaled down to the max might look like. It’s ugly and basic, but surprisingly functional, with a full graphic interface. Certainly not something I would use everyday so I’ve deleted it already. One [...]
Er I deleted my install of Xubuntu.
So I tried installing Automatix, a program supposed to help install useful programs on Linux. What a great idea, except that it got half way through installing JRE and froze. So then I tried to reboot the virtual machine and now the whole OS won’t start at all… apparently it “cannot locate RSDP” whatever that [...]
OK, this is where I take back some of the nice things I said.
My installation of OpenOffice is proving inordinately complicated. OpenOffice won’t install without JRE and JRE can’t be installed without fiddling in the Terminal as a root user. Following Java’s instructions is no help however, because Xubuntu doesn’t apparently have a root user [...]
It’s been said by many people, including Microsoft themselves – Vista is a dog when it comes to low-powered UMPCs or NetBooks or whatever it is you want to call them. In fact it flat out can’t be run on a lot of them. Windows XP, the obvious Windows alternative, is being wound back (although [...]
