Re: [orca-list] F123 available for download - easy switch to

[Fernando Botelho <Fernando Botelho F123 org>]

Apologies for your difficulties.

The default version of F123 uses Gnome Shell, so it will not work on 
older computers. We are looking for ways to support Mate development so 
that we can offer a version that works on older machines.

Fernando

On 09/27/2014 11:47 AM, Glenn wrote:
> I had a similar, if not the same,  problem installing F123 on my Asus 701
> notebook.
> It has a Celeron M 900 MHZ processor and 1 GB of RAM.
> It has a 4GB SD, but I was just trying a live session to try it out.
> I was running it from an SD card.
> I installed it onto the card with Universal USB and I selected Arch Manderan
> or whatever that name is.
> I will try the SD card on another computer, but it looked like the attempt
> to boot was okay, indicating that my USB burn was okay, as when that goes
> bad, my boot attempts land on a black screen.
> I hope this can run on X86 computers.
>
> Glenn
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:07:51 +0200
> From: "Mgr. Janusz Chmiel" <ernesta tiscali cz>
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] F123 available for download - easy switch to
> Orca Master
> Message-ID: <54255717 7090005 tiscali cz>
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> Dear sir,
> Very good job, but i Am very unhappy, because live system do not work on
> IBM Thinkpad T43 2668 with 512 MB of RAM.
> I have also tested with notebook Model: Toshiba Satellite L650D
> System type: x64-based PC
> BIOS: Insyde Corp. (version: 1.80; date: 29.6.2011)
>     Manufacturer: Insyde Corp.
>     Version: 1.80
>     Date: 29.6.2011
> Serial number: 5A195197Q
> Motherboard: TOSHIBA (Portable PC; version: Base Board Version)
>     Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
>     Product: Portable PC
>     Version: Base Board Version
> Chassis: Notebook
> Processor: AMD Turion(tm) II P520 Dual-Core Processor (architecture:
> x64; 2300 MHz)
>     Name: AMD Turion(tm) II P520 Dual-Core Processor
>
> My sighted mother found out, that there is proggress bar which start to
> stop on position 5, virtual consoles are working but X server can not be
> loaded, no desktop.
> I can not login to virtual consoles by typing user name
> sonar
> passwords
> onar
>
> Very strange.
> I have checked .iso file with 7zip iso check feature and it works
> perfectly, and this algorithm did not find corrupted .iso image.
>
>
>
>
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