[BlueOnyx:01253] Re: Blue Onyx on a Cobalt Qube 3?

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Brian wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Steve Howes <steve at geekinter.net> wrote:
> 
>> It wont be easy. Getting the 2.6 kernel to boot on a Qube is a real
>> bitch. The ROM has kernel size limits which generally causes problems.
>> Found a 2.4 once that worked.
>>
>> Steve
>>
> 
> Heard of Strongbolt anyone??

Sure.   And we even have a couple still running somewhere in the 
datacenter.  Kudos to the osoffice.co.uk crew - it does work!  But even 
a "hotrod" 550 or Qube just isn't going to have the muscle to keep up 
with a lot of the bloat that has found its way into websites and email 
in the past few years.

Users with mobile devices (biggest offender being iPhone) are requiring 
more IMAP sessions to remain open simultaneously, websites continue to 
increase in complexity with dynamic sites becoming the norm, and the 
continued acceptance of broadband means users are comfortable putting up 
larger images and other files for download.

When you can buy really good modern hardware for a few hundred bucks and 
load on a BlueOnyx ISO, or get a BlueOnyx VPS for under $30/month, it is 
becoming increasingly difficult to justify the trouble and limitations 
of dealing with the old blue boxes.   Unless it's just "for fun."

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