i should be working (but i'm fixing my computer).

Ok. So, except that the startup is broken (as described previously), my main actual work computer is working really nicely. Which means -- not much too say. So, I launched into a new unnecessary and ridiculous project.

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The nice thing about having old, broken computers that still boot up is that I can use them for test platforms.

The bad thing about it is that they are old, under-powered and sort of don't work. That makes it difficult to determine whether I am experiencing software issues or hardware issues.

I mentioned previously I would try Chakra. Which I did. Which sort of didn't work.

To be more precise -- the Live CD worked fine for what it is. But, my spare backup broken computer only has 256 meg ram (and would cost more than the computer is worth to add additional). That will run the Live CD, but not the installer, which requires 320 meg or so. (I tried anyway.)

Wanting to test a rolling distro, I decided to try Arch or Gentoo. My first theory was that whichever downloaded first, that is the one I would try. But, while waiting for the download, I did a quick web search and found that in the "Gentoo vs. Arch", Arch was seemingly getting the nod. At least in the couple of forums I landed on.

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