ReactOS

On 02/17/2016 10:04 AM, Slimer wrote:
For whatever reason, it doesn't see my RAID and forces me to use my two
SSDs as separate drives rather than just one.

I have had a problem with Red Hat discontinuing support for a RAID
controller that was admittedly 15 years old.

What raid controller are you using?

I have had good luck with RSTe on C2xx chipsets.

On 02/16/2016 10:10 PM, John Q. Public wrote:
BTW, Windows 10 is more of a store than an operating system. Be prepared
to pay rent soon.

Chuckle. Can't disagree with that.

On 02/17/2016 10:32 AM, Slimer wrote:
Linux is like a Chrysler car; if it is anywhere near something better,
it breaks down and leaves you stranded on the highway.

I remember those days. My dad owned an auto parts store.
Chrysler owners had to bring their old parts in to compare.

That said, I have been a Linux shop for over 15 years.
It has its problems, but not as you describe. So
there is an interesting mystery to solve!

What processor and chipset are you using?

Did you try with a Live DVD/USB first?

What distro did you try with?

On 02/18/2016 06:47 AM, John Q. Public wrote:
I don't understand operating system wars. People should use whatever
swings their

1+

Computers are a tool. They are suppose to work for you,
not the other way around. So find what works for you
and ...

On 02/18/2016 03:30 PM, T wrote:
On 02/17/2016 02:58 AM, philo wrote:
On 02/16/2016 10:34 PM, /less wrote:
Try the live cd, it's fun!
http://distrowatch.com/
http://www.reactos.org/



Don't waste your time, I tried it and essentially it's a pre-Alpha
Windows 2000 clone


Almost nothing works

1+

It is a complete stinker


I would think the developers would have better things to do, but for
people who like to experiment...I guess it's up to them.

I certainly fooled around with antique computers for many years
and just today I found that there are folks working on improved browsers
for operating systems as old as NT 3.51 etc


http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html





Yes...OT....but at least it's Windows-related

On 02/18/2016 02:34 PM, philo wrote:
NT 3.51

I didn't get along too well with 3.51, but I adored 4.0

On 02/18/2016 02:34 PM, philo wrote:

http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html

Great Link :-)

And for those annoyed by Mozilla, there is also Ice Weasel

On 02/18/2016 05:47 PM, T wrote:
On 02/18/2016 02:34 PM, philo wrote:

http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html

Great Link :-)

And for those annoyed by Mozilla, there is also Ice Weasel




I may fire up one of my antique machines just to give it a try.


As to NT3.51 I never used it other than for demonstration purposes on
one of my antique machines.

For the little I saw of it, it worked fine...the older NT 3.1 which I
also fooled with ...locked up often.


As to NT-4...I did not want to leave it, but the USB support of Win-2000
forced me to abandon it.

On 02/18/2016 03:57 PM, philo wrote:
On 02/18/2016 05:47 PM, T wrote:
On 02/18/2016 02:34 PM, philo wrote:

http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html

Great Link :-)

And for those annoyed by Mozilla, there is also Ice Weasel




I may fire up one of my antique machines just to give it a try.


As to NT3.51 I never used it other than for demonstration purposes on
one of my antique machines.

For the little I saw of it, it worked fine...the older NT 3.1 which I
also fooled with ...locked up often.


As to NT-4...I did not want to leave it, but the USB support of Win-2000
forced me to abandon it.

I remember throwing 3.1's disks across the room. What a stinker.

Of all the Windows, NT 4 was just boiler plate. If I am not mistaken,
that was the doing of a bunch of VAX programmers.

USB 1 was a stinker. USB 2 cleaned a lot of stuff up. USB 3
I do like, but have come across things that don't work with it,
such as APC's data cable. I like 3 because I don't have
to worry about self powered USB 2 devices burning out the port.
Sometimes keyboards and mice are not recognized by Windows
until you install their drivers: depends on the chipset

On 02/18/2016 06:15 PM, T wrote:
On 02/18/2016 03:57 PM, philo wrote:


As to NT-4...I did not want to leave it, but the USB support of Win-2000
forced me to abandon it.

I remember throwing 3.1's disks across the room. What a stinker.

Of all the Windows, NT 4 was just boiler plate. If I am not mistaken,
that was the doing of a bunch of VAX programmers.

USB 1 was a stinker. USB 2 cleaned a lot of stuff up. USB 3
I do like, but have come across things that don't work with it,
such as APC's data cable. I like 3 because I don't have
to worry about self powered USB 2 devices burning out the port.
Sometimes keyboards and mice are not recognized by Windows
until you install their drivers: depends on the chipset



USB is where the "upgrade" game started.

I did not use my computer for much until I decided to get a digital
camera in 2000. The serial data transfer did not cut it, so I initially
went to Win98 for USB-1 . That was better than serial of course, but the
machine would occasionally BSOD, even if I properly disconnected,

No problem after I gave Win2000 a try.

Right now I've barely migrated to USB-3

Of my four external drives, three of them are still USB-2



As to communicating with my UPS, I don't worry about that, I have a
little bit of battery backup power:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7n6ywpqi6...ttery.jpg?dl=0



and then there is this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gn195f6etq..._room.JPG?dl=0



Of course the 2nd one is not my own, it's /half/ the battery room for
one of my customers ...(I'm retired now)

On 02/18/2016 04:32 PM, philo wrote:
On 02/18/2016 06:15 PM, T wrote:
On 02/18/2016 03:57 PM, philo wrote:


As to NT-4...I did not want to leave it, but the USB support of Win-2000
forced me to abandon it.

I remember throwing 3.1's disks across the room. What a stinker.

Of all the Windows, NT 4 was just boiler plate. If I am not mistaken,
that was the doing of a bunch of VAX programmers.

USB 1 was a stinker. USB 2 cleaned a lot of stuff up. USB 3
I do like, but have come across things that don't work with it,
such as APC's data cable. I like 3 because I don't have
to worry about self powered USB 2 devices burning out the port.
Sometimes keyboards and mice are not recognized by Windows
until you install their drivers: depends on the chipset



USB is where the "upgrade" game started.

I did not use my computer for much until I decided to get a digital
camera in 2000. The serial data transfer did not cut it, so I initially
went to Win98 for USB-1 . That was better than serial of course, but the
machine would occasionally BSOD, even if I properly disconnected,

No problem after I gave Win2000 a try.

Right now I've barely migrated to USB-3

Of my four external drives, three of them are still USB-2



As to communicating with my UPS, I don't worry about that, I have a
little bit of battery backup power:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7n6ywpqi6...ttery.jpg?dl=0



and then there is this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gn195f6etq..._room.JPG?dl=0



Of course the 2nd one is not my own, it's /half/ the battery room for
one of my customers ...(I'm retired now)


Wow!

On 02/18/2016 07:33 PM, T wrote:
, three of them are still USB-2



As to communicating with my UPS, I don't worry about that, I have a
little bit of battery backup power:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7n6ywpqi6...ttery.jpg?dl=0



and then there is this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gn195f6etq..._room.JPG?dl=0



Of course the 2nd one is not my own, it's /half/ the battery room for
one of my customers ...(I'm retired now)


Wow!


The large bank is of forklift batteries and chargers.


My own little battery bank is sufficient however, so that if I were
doing a drive clone or something time consuming, I could just laugh if
there was a power failure.

T wrote on 2016/02/18:

And for those annoyed by Mozilla, there is also Ice Weasel

Iceweasel is a fork [from Firefox] with the following purpose :
1. backporting of security fixes to declared Debian stable version.
2. no inclusion of trademarked Mozilla artwork (because of #1 above)

IceWeasel is a web browser for Linux. How is that going to work under
ReactOS which is an attempt at Windows binary compatibility and not an
attempt to be another Linux kernel variant.

On 2/18/16 4:47 PM, T wrote:
On 02/18/2016 02:34 PM, philo wrote:

http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html

Great Link :-)

And for those annoyed by Mozilla, there is also Ice Weasel

And Palemoon.


--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 44.0
Thunderbird 38.0.1
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On 2/18/16 6:57 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote on 2016/02/18:

And for those annoyed by Mozilla, there is also Ice Weasel

Iceweasel is a fork [from Firefox] with the following purpose :
1. backporting of security fixes to declared Debian stable version.
2. no inclusion of trademarked Mozilla artwork (because of #1 above)

IceWeasel is a web browser for Linux. How is that going to work under
ReactOS which is an attempt at Windows binary compatibility and not an
attempt to be another Linux kernel variant.

There is a version for Windows at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iw4win/ but hasn't been updated for awhile.


--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 44.0
Thunderbird 38.0.1
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"