windows 98 & wireless adapter problem

Hammyman

Even if you do get it to work, Windows 9x doesn't support WPA so you are restricted to the "can be cracked in 10 seconds with a Smartphone" WEP wifi security.

SteveJH200

Wannie wrote: »

But this machine has Windows 98. We don't even know if even the Special Edition. So you can expect considerably lower spec than your 2001 machine. Ubuntu will run like a two legged dog on it.
I would expect PC100 or PC133 at best. Perhaps you can max out the board with 256MB RAM.

No good speculating. Unless one tries, one will never know. I had some fun and a challenge and I got an old machine working therefore I'm happy. I might even wipe Ubuntu and try Joli next.....

gonzo127

Wannie wrote: »

But this machine has Windows 98. We don't even know if even the Special Edition. So you can expect considerably lower spec than your 2001 machine. Ubuntu will run like a two legged dog on it.
I would expect PC100 or PC133 at best. Perhaps you can max out the board with 256MB RAM.

well until OP gets back we wont know what spec we are 'playing' with,

you are right however that normal Ubuntu would be painful however Linux Mint LXDE will run fine with 256mb of RAM and Lubuntu can run with 128mb RAM - yes neither will be winning any awards for speed however both would be capable of running a web browser - although as stated above full screen Flash is likely to be out of the question, but then again the system will probbaly not cope with full screen Flash no matter what OS you run on it

there are of course other versions of Linux which will run on lower system resources but i think for a none techie person it would be better staying with the more established newbie friendly ones

Wannie_2

gonzo127 wrote: »

well until OP gets back we wont know what spec we are 'playing' with,

you are right however that normal Ubuntu would be painful however Linux Mint LXDE will run fine with 256mb of RAM and Lubuntu can run with 128mb RAM - yes neither will be winning any awards for speed however both would be capable of running a web browser - although as stated above full screen Flash is likely to be out of the question, but then again the system will probbaly not cope with full screen Flash no matter what OS you run on it

there are of course other versions of Linux which will run on lower system resources but i think for a none techie person it would be better staying with the more established newbie friendly ones

Nothing wrong with giving Mint LXDE a go, if the OP has 256MB installed. Have been meaning to test Lubuntu on a low RAM installation.

interstellaflyer

To be honest, is this excercise worth it, Windows 98 is ancient, your daughter will struggle to find anything games or software wise that will work on it that doesn't look extremely dated and the computer will be very slow by todays standards, why not buy her a netbook for under £200 or look for a secondhand newer spec pc or laptop

Wannie_2

interstellaflyer wrote: »

To be honest, is this excercise worth it, Windows 98 is ancient, your daughter will struggle to find anything games or software wise that will work on it that doesn't look extremely dated and the computer will be very slow by todays standards, why not buy her a netbook for under £200 or look for a secondhand newer spec pc or laptop

It is if the OP doesn't have any money to spend.

interstellaflyer

Wannie wrote: »

It is if the OP doesn't have any money to spend.

But knowing what my 8 year old daughter does on the internet, I doubt the machine would be up to it, on top of educational stuff she checks out things like MTV, all her favorite pop stars, plays makeover games and watches music videos.

Wannie_2

interstellaflyer wrote: »

But knowing what my 8 year old daughter does on the internet, I doubt the machine would be up to it, on top of educational stuff she checks out things like MTV, all her favorite pop stars, plays makeover games and watches music videos.

One has to learn to live within their means.

gonzo127

interstellaflyer wrote: »

But knowing what my 8 year old daughter does on the internet, I doubt the machine would be up to it, on top of educational stuff she checks out things like MTV, all her favorite pop stars, plays makeover games and watches music videos.

realistically what will it cost to try a (single) version of Linux -
upto 700mb download
one CD
some time (probably 20-30 mins to install)

personally i think its worth it,

i used Lubuntu not long back to revive a old laptop (Dell x300 from 2003) which had a single core celeron CPU running at 1.2 ghz and 512mb RAM, once installed the system was great booted up in under 40 seconds closed down in under 5 seconds, and was used daily by my younger teenager for surfing and chatting until one of her friends accidently stood on it and killed it

Wannie_2

gonzo127 wrote: »

realistically what will it cost to try a (single) version of Linux -
upto 700mb download
one CD
some time (probably 20-30 mins to install)

personally i think its worth it,

i used Lubuntu not long back to revive a old laptop (Dell x300 from 2003) which had a single core celeron CPU running at 1.2 ghz and 512mb RAM the system was great and was used daily by my younger teenager until one of her friends accidently stood on it and killed it

512MB RAM. That's loads. I'm expecting closer to 256MB RAM.

Where is that OP?