[Info-vax] Don't worry, HP's project Moonshot will save us

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-04-09 20:54:44 +0000, MG said:

> On 9-apr-2013 22:11, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> Wishful thinking.  It's an HP 2133 and has been like this since
>> it came out of the box.  Reminds me of the Celeron days.  Glad
>> I wasn't the one who paid for it.  I ought to just put a Linux
>> Desktop on it, but wait, everyone keeps telling me all these
>> laptops I have with Linux on them can't possibly work cause
>> Linux can't do a Desktop.  :-)
> 
> Well, go ahead and find out.  It's about time that a big advocate would 
> try it for himself...

The processor in that HP 2133 MiniNote is a VIA C7-M processor 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_C7> x86-compatible processor.

For Linux on that box...
<http://www.linlap.com/hp_2133>
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HP2133>

HP reportedly had a Linux distro for some models of that laptop, too.

There's an old printer driver kit for Windows on the support page for 
that laptop, but whether that supports your printer....?

On Linux, CUPS will work with most printers.

Given the dates I'm encountering on files associated with that laptop, 
it looks to be, well, not as old as Pentium 90, but still pretty old.


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