[RULE] Fujitsu "Lifebook" 530T

[Owen Dorsey]

	Hello, everyone,
	I am new to Linux, I have an old laptop, and I have more time than
money. I'm a fairly slow learner with a slow computer, but I am
fascinated by the open source idea of Linux, impressed with its success,
and it seems to me that RULE, your work, and principles, are very
important.	A dynamic link from the future into the past is irresistible!
And, of course, just what I need. I am anxious to help as best I can-
for starters, as a test subject!
	The computer is a Pentium (one)54SLM, 133MHz, with math-co, but no MMX,
L1 cache=16KB on board, L2=256KB pipeline burst SRAM, PCI Bus, 80MB EDO
RAM, 2MB Video RAM supports 800 X 600 64K colors, MPEG-1 video
compression, 11.3" flat-panel TFT active matrix LCD, 1.3GB HDD, external
floppy disk, 6X (IDE?) CD-ROM, PS/2 Glide Point mouse, PS/2 101 Keyboard
with Windoz keys, PCMCIA Type I/II/III with Zoom Video port, 3COM 56K
PCMCIA Card modem, Sound Blaster 16 compatible, etc. In 1996 it wasn't
all that impressive, but it was very expensive.
	A few weeks ago, I bought a book - RH Linux 7.2 crash course in 15
hours - with the "publishers' version" on two CDs. I believe in "total
immersion", and have no other OS anywhere near this computer! The CDs
successfully install LILO or GRUB with Gnome or KDE (not both at the
same time!), and everything works. Please note, I have no networking
card, but I surf the web with dial-up and Galleon.
	But - yes - it is S-L-O-W. Not just the web, but applications, the
desktop(s), everything. And the longer the system is up-and-running, the
slower it gets. I like the idea of streamlining my operation to speed
things up, and not buy new hardware.
	I would like to listen to music CDs while I explore the web (with
graphics), and write my essays, and e-mail, and become comfortable (and
helpful?) with Linux, and do these few tasks on a newly crisp and speedy
old laptop.
	And return a hundred-fold any help I might get along the way!


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