[WikiEN-l] Re: Article size consistency 32k

Mon May 23 06:35:45 UTC 2005

On Sun, 22 May 2005, Fred Bauder wrote:

> This is the typical type of problem you run into with folks using old
> equipment and obsolete software. Like, for example, folks in Mexico who use
> castoff US equipment. Given our geek editor base, most of whom have
> reasonably good equipment, it is hard to put ourselves in the position of
> those who are are trying to access the internet under less than optimal
> conditions, but is is good if we could to the extent we are able and
> accomodate them to the extent we can.
>
If anyone out there is interested in the issues around this problem, let
me suggest checking the links in the RULE project. These people are
working at the coal face of making ancient hardware work with current
Linux distros, & last time I looked in on the list, they had a fair
number of questions from folks working with old 486s & low-end Pentiums
in third-world villages many miles from where the asphalt ends.

Geoff