win32file.pyd Device Error on W95

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> From: Marie-Claude Savoie [mailto:marie-claude.savoie at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:48 PM
> 
> As an experiment a while ago I put Linux RH V8 on a P166.  
> This computer had been used to run both W95 and NT and it
> performed reasonable well under both.  Speed was not a
> problem under windows.
> 
> A few things that I noted when installing Linux.  The 
> distribution was Huge.  Not very good for older computers
> with smaller drives.  The installation process lasted
> forever and I mean forever.  Lastly, it runs like a pig and
> a dead one at that.  The desktop GUI was soooo sloooow.  
> Applications were slow to load and slower to run.
> The machine was no longer usable.  I was not very
> impressed after hearing all the hype :(
> 
> I'm sure an experienced Linux person could write a laundry 
> list of things to do to improve the performance, but the way
> I feel about it now is that W95 is a much better option.
> 
> Gordon Williams
>

Would you install Windows 2000, or Windows XP, on that
little machine?  If not, Why Not?

But you did install Redhat 8 on it, being that it installs
a veritable smorgasbord of services, apps, managers, etc...
Or, putting it another way, you basicly installed the
"Windows 2000 of Linuxes" on it.

Have you tried debian?  Suse?  Mandrake?  Slackware?

-gustavo

pd: The fair, is a veritable, smorgasbord -orgasbord -orgasbord,
    after the lights have dimmed...