So, as always, the first installation of a new distro goes on the crappiest old POS hardware in the house -- a Dell Dimension 4700 with upgraded memory and a very used WD740 hard drive that is even older than the computer:
don@siductionbox:~$ inxi -v2
System: Host: siductionbox Kernel: 3.1-6.towo.2-siduction-686 i686 (32 bit)
Desktop KDE 4.7.2 Distro: siduction 11.1-rc One Step Beyond - kde-lite - (201112212155)
Machine: System: Dell product: Dimension 4700
Mobo: Dell model: 0DH682 Bios: Dell version: A10 date: 01/04/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) clocked at 2992.497 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller
X.Org: 1.11.2.902 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915G x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 7.11.2
Network: Card: Intel 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller driver: e100
Drives: HDD Total Size: 74.4GB (-) 1: WDC_WD740GD
Info: Processes: 148 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 363.1/2016.6MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.27
I was surprised that the Intel 915G will even support KDE desktop effects, including "cube" and box switching -- it looks very nice!
And congratulations to towo for this kernel -- all hardware is recognized, and booting and running very smartly on this old stuff.
So, the only thing that doesn't work out of the box is the KDE sleep and hibernate. Either one simply shuts down the computer, and upon powering it back up, it must do a complete boot. It's not very important -- this is just a testbed, but is there a way to make it work on this rig?
Thank you, and congratulations to the siduction team.
EDIT: I should add "YES", I did provide a 2GB swap space:
root@siductionbox:/home/don# blkid -c /dev/null -o list
device fs_type label mount point UUID
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1 ext4 / 9607ec3b-d423-4da6-840b-c2bda9476ee7
/dev/sda2 swap <swap> b21683d1-a69e-4331-a402-e04ea3e6cb5a