re: Constant NSIS installer errors
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
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kamusician wrote:
|Thanks for the reply and info.
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No sweat. Pass a favor along and it will find its way back to me.
|I have been working at it
|and have (for now) solved the installer problem thru trial and error methods.
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Huh-zah!
Can you narrow it down to a particular something?
What was the last thing you did before it straightened up?
Inquiring minds want to know.
|I am surely getting sick of problems with M$
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Everybody who is honest with himself is.
As mentioned, M$'s junk is the ONLY ecosystem that requires anti-this and anti-that.
http://google.com/search?q=Microsoft+DefectiveByDesign
That 9x support for hardware and apps has severely fallen away is another gotcha.
|and would gladly use another system.
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Considering that there are FREE ones and that they will work on old gear,
it's surprizing *everyone* hasn't reached that point.
|The machine I am using now is about 13 years old but it is a well built old beast.
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I like to point to this guy who uses gear that is beyond archaic.
http://google.com/search?q=site:kmandla.wordpress.com+16MB+OR+32MB
http://google.com/search?q=site:kmandla.wordpress.com+Pentium+100MHz+OR+150MHz
Obviously, he isn't interested in M$'s bloated (and insecure) junk;
he mostly uses CRUX or Arch (which aren't so much for beginners)
--or, when he needs graphics, SliTaz (which, BTW, is more n00b-friendly).
|I wonder if you might steer me toward a Linux app
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http://google.com/search?q=define:app
I'm thinking you mean something more than that:
http://google.com/search?q=define:distro
|that would run on a Pentium 2 400[MHz] with 512[MB] of [RAM].
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Hey! Somebody actually mentioned the specs of his machine
when asking for a software recommendation. 8-)
|I have a newer machine with XP
|but actually prefer this old tank as it generally performs better.
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I seriously doubt it's the hardware making the difference.
http://google.com/search?q="Windows.Rot"+"clean.install"
(Something else that Linux doesn't have.)
...and, of course, Win9x has ZERO security (you're always running as root).
|I have been to the Linux website
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There are about a bazillion of them these days.
NOTE: There is more to Linux than *Ubuntu* (which I'm guessing is what you meant).
...and it sounds like you waded into the deep end too soon.
I recommend that folks seek out their *local* nerds.
You might find a guru/mentor/buddy there.
http://google.com/search?q=Linux-Users-Groups
Besides monthly gatherings, they do events in the local community as well:
http://google.com/search?q=define:installfest
|and studied a bit but could use the input of an actual user
|as the options seem a bit overwhelming at first glance
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Mint is known for its out-of-the-box completeness.
The basic edition uses GNOME; another heavyweight edition uses KDE.
Mint Xfce Edition is a nice light-ish spin.
Mint LXDE is lighter (and just a bit less friendly).
Mint Fluxbox Edition is lighter still (and a bit less friendly yet).
You won't have trouble finding lots of folks
who think any particular one of those is the bee's knees.
According to DistroWatch, Mint is holding at #2 in popularity.
(forums.linuxmint.com
is one of the really great places on the 'Net.)
...and there's nothing that says you can't
install EVERY desktop environment / window manager in existence on your box
and select at Startup the one you currently want to use. 8-))
In addition, every modern distro offers to set you up as dual-boot
(with Windoze or with another Linux distro),
so you can also have as many OSes as you like, hardware permitting.
I mentioned antiX[1], SliTaz, and Damn Small here:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1280447295
I also mentioned a particular version of Puppy there;
if you go in thru the front door of the Puppy sites, you won't find that one easily.
The versions you *will* spot right off are security sinkholes
(see "always running as root", above).
With 512MB of RAM, you could run **most** distros.
(There are a few distros that are now *requiring* i686 architecture or later
*cough*Fedora*cough*[2]--but even those won't restrict you.)
Now, with some of the **really heavy** distros,
you could end up swapping to disk (aka using Virtual Memory)
when running a large bunch of apps concurrently.
Best to check out a distro's Requirements page before downloading.
...though booting to the CD and running the OS from it
to see how it does with *your* hardware is a very cool option
--which Windoze-only users will never experience.
When running some of the most demanding tasks,
the relatively low clock speed on that old box will be obvious.[3]
Most of the time, however, the CPU will be loafing.
[1] While the antiX distro is VERY impressive
and the content at the antiX forum is quite useful,
http://www.antix.freeforums.org/what-specs-are-you-running-antix-on-t1756.html
the pages at the antiX forum look like they were designed by a retarded 12 year old.
8-(
MepisLovers covers some of the same ground but is less visually irritating
(especially after I sic AdBlock Plus on it).
http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24170
[2] I have an aversion to distros that use RPM (RedHat Package Manager).
I contend that distros derived from Debian are superior
(and have a much larger choice of apps).
Mint and the various Ubuntu spins are in the Debian-derived group as are MEPIS/antiX.
[3] I don't imagine that box *ever* turned handsprings when rendering Flash content.
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