I like to get the English Linux magazines (Linux Format) they always have 'free' disks with live and installable Linux distributions on them.
I have tried many different types of live Linux over the  last months.  So many that it is a bit of a blur.  The Dell has some problems having the on board video recognized. Up to now Ubuntu had done the best job. For some reason KDE always broke with the result being huge characters.
So I was doing some upgrades and I grabbed one of these disks and it had PCLinuxOS 2006 on it. 
It recognized the hardware and seemed to run OK.  The Desktop picture of a field and town in the distance made me want to try this more.... It just looked so pretty!!!
So I thought I would give it a try.  I installed it over Ubuntu.
Now the technical jargon....
A while ago I bought two Dell GX110 Pentium 3 computers from a surplus store, used them for a while. 
I then installed Ubuntu on it. My other Dell computer (same spec) has Win 98 on it.
As Win98 support is getting less and less I thought to amalgamate the two computers.
So I moved all peripherals into one unit.
So far it is working quite well....
I have a Pentium 3  with DVD R\W 512 MB RAM, TV card 28GB over 2 hard drives Win 98 still installed on one and a dual boot using Grub.
Adventures in Bowden country
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The parcel with my extruders arrived. When looking at the reviews of the 
various left and right-hand extruders I saw a lot of comments stating that 
pieces ...
6 years ago
 
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