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Submitted by jman on December 31, 2005 - 7:14pm. Other Technology

I was reading the beos forum and i was wondering if it would work with a ibm
think pad and if it works well what is your view on other operating systems

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I've got a retail box of BeOS

Submitted by Jon on December 31, 2005 - 10:04pm.

I've got a retail box of BeOS 4.x and it's a fine OS. It's just freakin' outdated. Any modern Linux distro seriously beats it for general useability and compatability. BeOS is a great example of what an OS could (or should) be, but the lack of drivers and such leads to that same feeling of frustration you get when you try to run a '97ish era Linux distro.

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do you know any windows replacement os

Submitted by jman on January 1, 2006 - 12:51am.

do you have know of any os other than windows I can use

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what model thinkpad do you ha

Submitted by FunnymanSE30 on January 1, 2006 - 1:21am.

what model thinkpad do you have?

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I suggest Fedora Core 4. Its

Submitted by john8520 on January 1, 2006 - 2:52am.

I suggest Fedora Core 4. Its based on Red Hat Linux, and is very good.

You can get here: http://fedora.redhat.com/

I use it on a Dell Ltitude CPi w/ a 366MHz Processor and 128MB RAM and it runs just fine.

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760e

Submitted by jman on January 1, 2006 - 3:57am.

i have a 760e but i don't have 500mb of space needed
for beos

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is there a easy way it install it

Submitted by jman on January 1, 2006 - 4:04am.

how do i install it and can it on a mac without wipeing
os x off my couputer if you can pm me it you have time

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puppy linux

Submitted by FunnymanSE30 on January 1, 2006 - 4:12am.

puppylinux might install on that it only takes 60-256mb depending on what apps you choose to install i tried installing it on my thinkpad but my video card a neomagic 128dx wasnt supported it think yours might be

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cool

Submitted by jman on January 1, 2006 - 4:28am.

I will look in to it
thanks

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if that wont work there is al

Submitted by FunnymanSE30 on January 1, 2006 - 5:23am.

if that wont work there is also DamnSmallLinux 80mb of penguin power, which they have been able to run on 486 66mhz machine

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is that a gui system (i'm new

Submitted by jman on January 1, 2006 - 6:47pm.

is that a gui system (i'm new to linux

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both are

Submitted by FunnymanSE30 on January 1, 2006 - 7:10pm.

both are

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