[ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

[George DiceGeorge]

Torios is being developed for old computers, PAE
http://torios.net/more-new-features/

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gareth France
Sent: Friday, 12 June, 2015 08:29
To: UK Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

Dan,
It's a step in the right direction, ideally though I'd like to find
something at the extreme bottom range of what is still usable. I know
slitaz will run on a 486 very quickly and it looks as modern as any OS.
Of course it doesn't have the support you'd want for promoting it to
customers but it highlights very well that you don't need to upgrade,
upgrade, upgrade when you diversify from M$.

On 12/06/15 08:26, Dan Andrews wrote:
> Hi Gareth,
>
> I don't know if it is exactly what you're looking for, but I've got an
> old(ish) Toshiba equium with a pentium processor that's running 32-bit
> Ubuntu 14.04.
>
> I'd be more than happy to bring it along if you're interested.
>
> Dan Andrews
>
> On 12 Jun 2015 8:16 am, "Gareth France" <gareth.france at cliftonts.co.uk
> <mailto:gareth.france at cliftonts.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     I'm working on a new project and need to ask for your help. Here in 
> High
>     Wycombe we have a pop up shop which can be rented to try out new
>     business ideas before committing to long term leases etc. I am wanting
>     to launch a new service offering sales and support aimed at home and
>     small business users. My main focus will be on promoting Ubuntu but in
>     order to demonstrate the versatility of Linux I wanted to have a 486 
> (or
>     possibly early Pentium) running Damn Small Linux or Slitaz.
>
>     My problem is that 486s seem to be going for silly money on ebay, so
>     would anyone have one propping up a table leg they could donate to the
>     cause?
>
>     Thanks
>     Gareth
>
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