“In my apparently never-ending quest to revive and refresh my
aging 32-bit box I decided to try installing the JAD (JackLab Audio
Distribution) system. To recapitulate the source of woe with this
particular machine, I’ll remind readers that its PS2 ports are
physically damaged, forcing me to switch my mouse and keyboard to
the USB ports. Under normal circumstances this switch wouldn’t be a
problem, but many contemporary distros and live discs cause the
keyboard to vanish from recognition by the system, leaving me with
an unusable machine (the problem has something to do with the HID
module). Regular readers of this blog may recall that I’ve been
using the excellent Dynebolic on this hardware, and that it’s
worked wonderfully well. However, I thought I’d take a chance with
the JAD distribution, and I must say that I’ve been very pleased
with it. The installation and configuration went smoothly, the
system is happy with my USB keyboard, and the old box now has a new
lease on life, with a shiny new 2.6.19 Linux kernel optimized for
realtime performance…”
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