Peanut Linux and Old Computers.

Peanut Linux and Old Computers

Since I have talked about peanut, jumbo variety which a seed cost more than one Rupee, this Peanut Linux renamed aLive / aLinux is FREE, if you have a good download facility.

aLive / aLinux the earliest version which I downloaded in 2009 is pretty good.

Enjoy Peanuts in Linux if not Jumbo Peanuts.

Thanks Guys and Girls of aLinux for your hard work, which is very much appreciated.

This is a reproduction from Distrowatch.

I am currently downloading it.

My oldest computer with 4M Graphic Ram on board has no Linux distribution to run except Redhat 8 and Mandriva 9 both of which are not supported.

Even Antix does not have a Kernel for it.

I will run this DVD on it with 256 RAM and let you know the result soon.

I do not think it will work.

If you have a Apple Mac not running there is Yellow Dog 6.2 available for download.

It is a DVD and I managed to download for an Emergency, after many failures over the last six months (6) and on the umpteenth attempt.

Our Telecom is super fast with many interruptions!

These sites will stop storing these images.

Yellow dog 5.2 is in 5 CDs and it works well (only distribution with enough utilities) works well on the Apple Mac I bought for testing Linux.

It has very little RAM and no DVD and I am not going to try this DVD.

I am keeping it for one day when an Apple Guy in Ceylon is in trouble not being able to run his computer.

I won´t spend money on an Apple from which I can buy 20 to 30 Tablets with Androids which will soon hit even the Ceylonese market.

Good Luck for Apple marketing strategy!

Reproduction

Jay Klepacs has announced the release of aLinux 15.0, an independently developed distribution (formerly known ad Peanut Linux) designed for aging computers and featuring the KDE 3.5.10 desktop: "aLinux 15.0 released, updates the graphical installer, dialogues, etc., easier to install. 

Same old system but with just enough updates to be 'usable'. KDE 3.5.10, X.Org 7.7, glibc 2.17, GCC 4.7.2, Linux kernel 2.6.34.14, Perl 5.16.2, Skype 4.1.0.20 (MSN and Windows Live support). 

Main web browser is Firefox 17.0.1. Distro is optimized for i686 now. Kopete has been removed and replaced with Pidgin messenger. 

It's still a distro aimed at computers from the past (mine included), so if you're looking for the latest bleeding edge, you won't find it here, but if you're looking for something a bit more complete from a past 'yesterday' operating system that still manages to work in 2013, this may suit you."