Yes prob is low ram :-( Note that I can perfectly use dillo, gaim, abiword etc. on this pc :-). But those "bad progs", they are not usable. I dont know if I will buy new ram (not used to buy online and dont know many shops around :-p). I am trying try to take this slow pc as it is and use ...

Got latest 2.17.
I tried mplayer, but it crashes. I posted about it in another topic.

top doesnt work : says : top: failed to read 'loadavg' elinks starts but screen remains dark ? gpe starts ok, but when incorrect address, always shows pop-up error "check your connection settings" -> had to kill process. Network wizzard didnt reckognize my pcmia ethernet card (netgear) : I...

Got exactly same problem : netgear card was not detected by network wizzard
Had to enter manually tulip as driver and then ethernet worked.
This is not practical.

With MPlayer1.0rc1-nvidia.pup got :

gui starts and crashes.

from shell : got errors :
MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: init_audio_codec
MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: demux_open
MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_audio
etc.

Old HW, PII 266MHz, 32Mb RAM, obsolete slow harddisk etc.

I could play videos on win98se, not smoothly though.
But gxine is too slow.
I also tried VLC, it is little better.
Dont know if lighter can be found ? mplayer ?

By the way, if I type mpg123 in the shell, it starts gxine, is it normal ?

tried xvesa, gets detected but displays unreadable lines and stuff on the screen...couldnt get it to work

thanks- found it at http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... modules-2/
I know now why it shouldnt be included by default : 66Mb, forget it .
Please also remove those slow apps

Best choice : Opera, fast , light and still complete

I also like Dillo which runs on very old hardware ! But javascript missing .

Network wizzard didnt reckognize my pcmia ethernet card (netgear) : I had to manually say : use driver Tulip. top doesnt work : says : top: failed to read 'loadavg' elinks starts but screen remains dark , black ? gpe starts ok, but when incorrect address, always shows pop-up error "check your c...

As I wrote in another topic http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=20703 : I have installed puppy on an old laptop PII 266MHz, 32Mb RAM... Here are impressions about some applications : Best : work fast : gaim, dillo (perfect), rox and uxplor, gtksee, mtpaint, abiword,bluefish,epdfview,gya...

Hi, I have an old laptop PII 266MHz, 32Mb RAM and had win98se on it...I found it too slow and wanted to play with it (actually, my other laptop is broken). So I burned a puppy livecd and tried it. Here is my feedback : First RAM is not enough, only 32Mb, so puppy cannot run xorg :-(. I had to boot t...