From: Dave <EMC@DC9.TZO.com> - 2013-08-17 20:24:01
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On 8/17/2013 3:59 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 17 August 2013 18:42, Schooner<sch...@ti...> wrote: > >> I have no interest in running Ubuntu 8.04, it is rubbish, but I have P4 workshop machines with very low latency that will not even load the 10.04 CD >> The other machine has a special x86 based chip and whilst it will run 10.04, the single processor build for 8.04 is far better >> > With the support for different RT flavours that we now have, there may > be more, rather than fewer, options. > > I might be interesting to try Wheezy, or possibly the low-spec version > of Lubuntu on your ageing hardware. > > I do a lot of work with industrial companies who have to deal with old automation hardware and software maintenance. If you have an old system and want to keep it running, you gather up spare parts, you make archives of the running systems, you file all of the installation CD's, notes and instructions so you can repair your system when it goes down, etc, etc. No one expects that the newest software from Siemens, AB, or other industrial software suppliers is going to load into an old controller without upgrading hardware. It just isn't realistic. Exclude Hardy and move on. My two cents.. Dave |