tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post1373598535570686278..comments2009-10-07T17:20:01.617+08:00jun auzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14949001210993384627noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-2320030212751636102009-10-07T16:42:07.306+08:002009-10-07T16:42:07.306+08:00how to make your customized nimble x modified and to change the linux into your own personalized name??<br />pls help me asapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-39800875990055195382007-12-29T18:08:00.000+08:002007-12-29T18:08:00.000+08:00sorry, i mean, the partitions ^_^nopidnopid.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-36063996363568713932007-12-29T17:59:00.000+08:002007-12-29T17:59:00.000+08:00i have no idea why still a lot of old machine in somewhere out there..?? but, that is your love my friend :)<BR/><BR/>btw, i've tried to install NimbleX but it's can't read the partions, and i don't know why :Pnopidnopid.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-27341449045806620432007-12-14T18:08:00.000+08:002007-12-14T18:08:00.000+08:00KDE or Gnome are Desktop Environment. These are bloated GUI and don't ever consider running them on old machine like mentioned above.<BR/><BR/>If you want a decent X-windows GUI on those old machines use a window manager like Fluxbox.<BR/><BR/>You can try Slax Popcorn Edition or RIP Linux. These two livecd are both Slack based and have Fluxbox with them.<BR/><BR/>If you want to install it to your hard disk try Zenwalk core edition plus X + Fluxbox.<BR/><BR/>You need to make your hand dirty to make Fluxbox beautiful by tweaking its configuration. This is not for newbie.<BR/><BR/>Well, running GNU/Linux on old machine are for hackers only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-4550578312604971722007-10-18T11:15:00.000+08:002007-10-18T11:15:00.000+08:00NimbleX is good. I have tested it on a PIII using the CD. Its nimble fast compared to other OSes. It is comparable to PuppyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-63330227472506698052007-10-09T12:34:00.000+08:002007-10-09T12:34:00.000+08:00What is wrong about testing an OS in VMWare? A lot of great linux reviews have also tested some distros on VMWare.Dalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-45781507140394696612007-10-09T07:46:00.000+08:002007-10-09T07:46:00.000+08:00Oh please, please, please stop feeding people with reviews based on tests performed in VMWare! It is not what you have on actual hardware! This is so ridiculous to review operating systems using emulators and such :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-51497803923478677482007-10-07T07:45:00.000+08:002007-10-07T07:45:00.000+08:00...and moving up a bit from the 386, I've been running Nimblex Sub-100 booted to RAM from CD on a Dell 1GHz PIII w/ 521MB of PC133 RAM, with the KOffice and KDE Games modules added from a USB drive. (I usually run a HD install of Ubuntu Feisty on this system.) Nimblex in RAM on this particular PC is fast, and I like its polish and feel. (It's funny - for full-on distros like Ubuntu I prefer Gnome, but for lighter ones mostly for browsing and simple games I like KDE-based distros like Nimblex and SLAX, even over those with lighter desktops like DSL or Puppy. Dunno why.) Anyway, I'm impressed with Nimblex Sub-100.Nimblex Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-62494144341002146062007-10-06T04:12:00.000+08:002007-10-06T04:12:00.000+08:00You guys have no idea what old is. I have a completely usable, hand crafted, pared down RedHat system on a 100 MEGA byte hard drive. That's 80MB for the system and 20MB for swap. The processor is an AMD 386SX at 40MHz with 16MB of RAM. It runs an X server with fvwm, no KDE, no GNOME, but is plenty fast as a display server, code editor, etc.foonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-42159642394974775712007-10-04T02:20:00.000+08:002007-10-04T02:20:00.000+08:00I installed NimbleX sub100 on my 600MHz laptop with 256MB RAM and it's lighting fast. The USB installer worked great for me to put it on the 8GB HDD. PCMCIA Wireless worked like a charm and everything. Now it's my main OS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-59774560551932220592007-10-03T23:58:00.000+08:002007-10-03T23:58:00.000+08:00@ kh. Now that's old. Pls. give me a feed back as soon as you have tried the nimble.junhttp://junauza.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-55577633865209545312007-10-03T22:11:00.000+08:002007-10-03T22:11:00.000+08:00Old machine? In my view, an old machine is one like I have, a K6-2 with 32MB RAM and 3GB HDD - get a usable version of <I>any</I> linux on that! OK, no graphics, but I have Fedora 5 on such a machine and it runs slowly, but it runs and is a good firewall, dhcpd, named, email and ntp server. Still, I will give NimbleX a try on a VM and see what it is like :)khnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-12168344689671777362007-10-03T17:57:00.000+08:002007-10-03T17:57:00.000+08:00If you want a lightweight distro, you should try Zenwalk. (http://zenwalk.org) This distro is also based on Slackware, but uses xfce. KDE is too slow on real old hardware. Zenwalk also has its own repo, and have matured well over several years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-69271823934933448602007-10-03T10:13:00.000+08:002007-10-03T10:13:00.000+08:00This is a good review but I would like to know how NimbleX will do on the old laptop. I'm also planning to use it on my old machine. Pls keep us posted. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-89490304509163766822007-10-03T02:55:00.000+08:002007-10-03T02:55:00.000+08:00I really don't know what the point is of posting a review about a super light-weight distro meant for older hardware by testing it on a 3.4 GHz PIV in VMWARE. I would be much more interested in the conclusions if he tested on a PII with 64-128 of RAM, which is what most folks looking for a distro like these will be eyeing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-32454554898202591762007-10-03T00:50:00.000+08:002007-10-03T00:50:00.000+08:00i also tried nimblex-install but it failed with an error messageFerdienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-9706653392249230002007-10-03T00:30:00.000+08:002007-10-03T00:30:00.000+08:00It's because hard drive installation is not yet stable in NimbleX.Carlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-35335764335865951882007-10-03T00:27:00.000+08:002007-10-03T00:27:00.000+08:00They said that the NimbleX USB installer can also be used to install in HD but it does not work for me. The installer just dissapear when I tried to install it in HDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-86720309443249109092007-10-02T23:18:00.000+08:002007-10-02T23:18:00.000+08:00@Scott, It is only a USB installer and not a complete hard disk installer with Grub.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-73855840664246478222007-10-02T22:12:00.000+08:002007-10-02T22:12:00.000+08:00Your review says "It doesn’t come with an installer yet..."<BR/><BR/>If you look in your home directory, you will find the installer. It worked well for me as I installed NimbleX to my USB flash drive. <BR/><BR/>A desktop shortcut would have made it easier to know an installer was available. Maybe in the next release...Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-14912607092372034832007-10-02T20:25:00.000+08:002007-10-02T20:25:00.000+08:00The 198MB version (2007v2)did install very nicely onto my 512MB usb drive.<BR/><BR/>This distro is very nice, and I will definitely keep using it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-85032266490662576042007-10-02T20:22:00.000+08:002007-10-02T20:22:00.000+08:00Hi I tried to install to a 128MB usb drive last night, but did not work, but to install, open a terminal and type:<BR/><BR/>nimblex-installAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-63044207123303061322007-10-02T18:44:00.000+08:002007-10-02T18:44:00.000+08:00I also find nimblex fast. I have used it on my old P3 computer but I still can't figure out how to install it.Ferdienoreply@blogger.com