Vector Linux?

[Bob Hemus]

Bob Hemus wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 11:12 -0500, Leon Goldstein wrote:
>   
>> Andrew Gould wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:crichey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Bob Hemus <ol.bob at charter.net
>>>     <mailto:ol.bob at charter.net>> wrote:
>>>     > I've an old C0mpaq laptop with a 6 gig hard-drive and 64 megs of
>>>     memory.
>>>     > I pur DSL on it, which worked, but was looking for more.  Ran into
>>>     > Vector Linux.
>>>     >
>>>     > So.. I'm just starting to replace my Fedora with the Vector 5.9.
>>>      If I
>>>     > like it I may spring for $19.99 to buy VL 5.9.1 SOHO Deluxe
>>>     Bundle "new"
>>>     >
>>>
>>>     I've heard good things about Vector and no negative comments. OTOH, I
>>>     don't pay for Linux period.
>>>
>>>       
>> I don't mind paying for something that  a. is useful, b. works and c. is 
>> fairly priced.
>> The website claims that Vector Linux has a KDE that has been adapted to 
>> low  memory environments.
>> This got my attention; I have an old Compaq Presario I upgraded with a 
>> K6-III+ CPU, but can only use 192 MB of RAM.
>> I'll give Vector a try, after I recover from paying my property taxes. :-(
>>
>> Thanks for the tip, Bob.
>>     
>
> Leon,
> Watch the temperature!! Mine went to 95, 97 C.!!  Mine is an old
> Presario, sounds like the same speds.  Good luck.
> Bob
>   
Yup!!  I cooked my ol' laptop.  Don't know if fan stopped, but don't 
think so, or the hard drive gave up.  When I tried to install DSL again 
all I ended up with (How's that Mr. Churchill?) are two penguins in the 
upper left hand corner of the screen. 
BTW, this is SeaMonkey mail on Vector. on my desktop.
Bob