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robb "contributed" in alt.computer:

> I have not been keeping up with hardware and OS changes of late
> (3 yrs... ok 8 yrs) and i was wondering if there is a better OS
> to install on older hardware.
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> Eg Dell inspiron 8100 PIII/866 Mhz
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> and by better i mean something faster, smaller and less buggy
> than my recollection of M$ windoze bloatware unless their newer
> OS solved all the earlier versions ( 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP ...)
> quirks :}
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> I was looking for something different /fun/interesting to play
> with on the old notebook. Does not need to be commercially
> supported or have a large pool of commercial app knock offs.
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> thanks for any helpful advice,
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> robb
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> sorry sci.elec.misc group but you guys seem to do this stuff
> alot and you have been helpful in that past
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MS-DOS would be a good choice for that outdated hardware.

HTH

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John Holmes wrote:

> MS-DOS would be a good choice for that outdated hardware.

I've 'recently' worked on a PC with a lower spec than that.

Graham