[sf-lug] (forw) Re: Fedora 20 out!

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 02/28/2014 04:49 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com):
>
>> A lot of stuff running Atom processors out there as well as lots of
>> old stuff.
> Well, but those aren't reasonable candidates for running Fedora 20,
> which was my point.
     Well Fedora is the cutting edge of course but Mageia tried to
use a later kernel version but is no having fun.  The Usenet newsgroup
is full of complaints and attempts to figure out what is going on.
The developers must be bothered.  By the way seeing how Fedora
might function on older hardware lets people judge whether it
is going to be possible to continue without upgrades to hardware.
Besides the magazine supplied the 32 bit version which ordinarily
I would not download.

>
> I keep current install media on hand for several high-quality IA32
> distros, but have ceased downloading the IA32 version of the big
> DVD-sized desktop distros (Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mageia, etc.) because in my
> experience they're a poor fit for the remaining IA32 hardware.
>
> [TUF:]
>
>> Yes it certainly seems to be the case but on the other hand by
>> publishing about it, user-developers can begin to experiment with it
>> or begin to adapt security features from it to older or another
>> package update system.
> Agreed.  I just wanted to make sure nobody thought it was on the edge of
> being a standard.
>
>>> You needed this.  It works great:
>>> http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
>>      Thanks will give it a try eventually, I will be spending a bit of
>> time check-summing the live iso I got last night and the Fedora Install
>> disks from the magazine disk.   I want to make sure of these before
>> I try to use them.
> Sure.
>
> The URL gives you a downloadable image for NT Offline Password &
> Registry Editor.  It's a specialised Linux live CD that can mount an
> NTFS filesystem using the ntfs3g driver, which in turn permits you to
> reach in and directly change the Administrator password.
>
> IIRC, it's an improved version of the original effort from a decade or
> so ago, which was just good enough to permit you to blank the
> Administrator password.

         I downloaded it and made a CD of it,  but it will be next week at
least before I can try it out.
>
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     bobbie