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Skybird · 05-01-18, 11:18 AM

Got it running on a very old Samsung R509 notebook, 32 Bit, that is a dual core T3200 CPU. Nine or ten years old, I think.

It looks indeed like Windows, but is quite spartan and somewhat rudimentary. Not much software comes with it. I stayed stable for the half an hour I looked at it, but I needed to use the touchpad, the mouse was not recognised. Possible that it would be if installing drivers separately.

I wonder somewhat what the purpose of this OS should be. Looks more like an experiment to see whether they can reverse-engineer Windows, but if they need two decades to get this far only, then I think the future of this project is in doubt.

I did not care to see whether some simple software could be installed. Probably not really, since I was using the LiveCD environment only.

05-01-18, 11:18 AM	#10
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,496 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Got it running on a very old Samsung R509 notebook, 32 Bit, that is a dual core T3200 CPU. Nine or ten years old, I think. It looks indeed like Windows, but is quite spartan and somewhat rudimentary. Not much software comes with it. I stayed stable for the half an hour I looked at it, but I needed to use the touchpad, the mouse was not recognised. Possible that it would be if installing drivers separately. I wonder somewhat what the purpose of this OS should be. Looks more like an experiment to see whether they can reverse-engineer Windows, but if they need two decades to get this far only, then I think the future of this project is in doubt. I did not care to see whether some simple software could be installed. Probably not really, since I was using the LiveCD environment only. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.