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[Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just out of interest which systems are older
PAE or Non PAE,  I can never remember the difference, I think ToriOS is
or was  for non PAE systems.

In which case, what is the status of general distribution support for

32bit systems
The older of PAE or non PAE systems

I know that projects are starting to drop support for 32 bit systems
which is going to make it harder for projects such as ToriOS to compile
/ include the latest software,  but more importantly harder for us to
keep up with important security and other essential updates.

In terms of chat systems,  is there no reason why we can't simply use
IRC at a set time,  it means we can just type and not worry about
getting things such as headphones, microphones and web cams all working.

As an alternative perhaps we should be looking at free tools such as
Jitsi.meet for example after.

I does seem we need to figure out a new road map, work out our Base OS
and see if we can come up with a few job / task descriptions and try and
recruit more people on to the project.

Just a thought

Paul


On 20/07/2020 14:07, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:17 PM Nio Wiklund <wiklund.olle@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:wiklund.olle@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Den 2020-07-02 kl. 08:14, skrev Ali Linx (amjjawad):
>     > Dear ToriOS family,
>     >
>     > Hope you are doing well.
>     >
>     > I have some ideas for the future of ToriOS. Before I share what I
>     have,
>     > I just want to know who is willing to invest sometime into the
>     project?
>     > otherwise, it would be pointless to share ideas that will remain only
>     > ideas without a real implementation. Again, this is about the
>     future of
>     > the project.
>     >
>     > Let me know if you are still interested.
>     >
>     > Thank you!
>     > --
>     > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>     >
>     > Best Regards,
>     > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> 
>     Hi Ali,
> 
> 
> Hello Nio, so glad to read from you, yet again :-)
>  
> 
> 
>     Nice to hear from you :-)
> 
> 
> Likewise, my good friend!
> 
> 
>     I think that the internet's demand on computing power and memory as
>     well
>     as the used computers avaiable at reasonable prices have changed a lot
>     since we worked with ToriOS. 
> 
> 
> No doubt. I'm aware of this. I've been thinking about that for a very
> long time.
>  
> 
>     For that reason I think several concepts
>     must be replaced rather than modified in order to make something
>     that is
>     useful for many people today.
> 
> 
> I already have more than one plan. I wanted to make sure the team is
> still around, otherwise there is no point to share any ideas and there
> is no one to work on it.
>  
> 
> 
>     I can take part in some discussions, but I cannot promise to spend a
>     lot
>     of time for a new generation of ToriOS.
> 
> 
> I appreciate your honesty and I know that I couldn't be active for a
> long time myself. Maybe we need to do some major changes!
>  
> 
> 
>     Have you considered merging our efforts with some other Linux distro?
> 
> 
> Not really, at least not yet.
>  
> 
>     There are several current distros, that address computers that are
>     getting old, but are still useful today.
> 
> 
> It might be a good idea for everyone who is interested in 'old
> computers' to meet? nowadays, platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, etc
> are super familiar and are being used much more than before!
> 
> I'm interested to host a meeting with all of those who might be interested.
> If we can't do it for whatever reason, then maybe we can discuss that
> somewhere?! not sure where though. By 'where' I mean which website? I
> don't want to waste time creating tons of usernames and passwords and
> login to different websites just to achieve something like this. This is
> 2020. I'm sure there are different ways to do this nowadays.
>  
> 
> 
>     Best regards
>     Nio
> 
> 
> Thank you so much, Nio!
> 
> -- 
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> 
> Best Regards,
> Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> 

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