>Interesting! How do you think Ubuntu works on older hardware? I've used
>Red Hat since something like version 6, and have now gone to Fedora on the
>servers. But it was WAY too slow on my wife's old Sony Viao notebook
>computer. I'm currently trying Puppy Linux, and it is working very well
>except for the wireless card on boot up. It says it's configuring it and
>doing DHCP, but it's messing it up some how. If I then unplug the card,
>plug it back in, and tell it to scan for networks, it works fine.
>Otherwise, it seems good so far. Really fast!

I installed Ubuntu on an old 1 GHz P3 Dell, I use it to run the EMC 
CNC program to control a vertical mill (Harbor Freight micro mill 
that I converted). Very handy for making cutouts in plastic 
enclosures, etc.

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Black Cat Systems
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