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"98 Lite"
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Some posts in this NG mentioned "98 Lite". From the name, my impression is this is a stripped down version of Windows 98. Is it more compact than a "Custom" install of Win98se? Thank You in advance, John |
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Lostgallifreyan writes: wrote in : Some posts in this NG mentioned "98 Lite". From the name, my impression is this is a stripped down version of Windows 98. Is it more compact than a "Custom" install of Win98se? it was an attempt to modularise W98 SE, to let users get more control. Microsoft let users choose whether or not to inatall 'Active Desktop' which fused the browser and operating system shell in ways some people found objectionable (to the point where ongoing legal cases resulted for Microsoft), so instead of going the way Microsoft wanted, a gut called Shane Brooks made money selling 98-Lite, which let them go the other way, using the old (fast) W95 shell on W98 SE. Other reductions existed, the main one being to remove IE v5.5 (the default one that came with W98 SE, and either leave NO IE core, or to leave enough to handle compiled HTML files, and some other functions that other firm's browsers and internet programs may depend on. You can still get it: http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html. In my experience, the free version is more than adequate (it offers three variants, called SLEEK, CHUBBY, and OVERWEIGHT - I used the first). (They also do an XP lite; I haven't played with it. From mutterings I've heard, it's not - proportionally - as good; certainly the free version looks to me as if it does a lot less, in proportion, than the free version of 98lite did. But I fear it's rather like XTree Gold: the original was silkily engineered.) It can be very compact, but not as small as a W98 moduilar install built from the bottom up. Most if not all commercially available reductions left plenty in while aiming not to remove too much. The main reason for doing this now is to allow clean starting conditions for stable systems, as the stability can be better than W98 ever used to be. Even with a fast new machine, there's something impressive about running a small fast OS that can still do a lot. You get all that extra speed to do your stuff with, instead of OS stuff you may not want. You also get a small and manageable set of starting conditions for exploring things, testing new programs, etc. And being tiny, it's very fast and easy to make a new clean install. No matter how fast everything else is, this is true because all else being equal, a small fast capable core is more easily refitted than a slow bulky one, in the same context. It is worth noting that Microsoft finally came to agree with this! They are now building Windows to run an ARM chips, where this is mandatory. How's X98 coming along? (jaugustine: Lostgallifreyan is developing exactly what he describes above. I await it with interest!) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf .... his charming, bumbling best, a serial monogamist terrified of commitment, who comes across as a sort of Bertie Wooster but with a measurable IQ. - Barry Norman on Hugh Grant's persona in certain films, Radio Times 3-9 July 2010 |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
: You can still get it: http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html. In my experience, the free version is more than adequate (it offers three variants, called SLEEK, CHUBBY, and OVERWEIGHT - I used the first). Sleek works for me too. It leaves enough IE core to handle the compiled HTML help files which I like. 'Micro' from the full version won't do that. 'Sleek' does break the 'cryptographic support' preventing DirectX v9c from installing, but that can be fixed, details in a thread here from last year (I think..). I'd never use the larger installs. (They also do an XP lite; I haven't played with it. From mutterings I've heard, it's not - proportionally - as good; certainly the free version looks to me as if it does a lot less, in proportion, than the free version of 98lite did. But I fear it's rather like XTree Gold: the original was silkily engineered.) XPlite depends on a full install, then strips away from that. I never liked the method (hence X98). NUHI (Google knoweth all) seems to be the one people like best, like 98lite it sets out a clean starting install base. I think the conditions needed to do that are elaborate though, .net running on full WXP, so in principle I wonder exactly how that is the same as a true base build install. I never got into WXP enough to want to explore deeply. How's X98 coming along? (jaugustine: Lostgallifreyan is developing exactly what he describes above. I await it with interest!) It isn't but it should be. I ended up taking time to complete a laser diode driver for 1 MHz analog modulation, and build and test a new layout after modifying the original. Sam Goldwasser's LaserFAQ has it now, but I said I'd build and test one for Sam so he can do a bit of peer review on it, because it uses a method that a few people claimed was not viable. I have one ready to send him now so that project is done for now (at least till I find a better op-amp, which may be unlikely). Once the weather gets really cold and confines me to one room for a while I'll almost certainly have at the X98 inet module then. (And the printer setup which the shellfix I made, same it turns out that Shane Brooks did in a later edition, breaks, and I still don't know why. I can launch the printer wizard by direct command but this isn't as complete a service as it ought to be). |
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