[dundee] Old laptop

Wed Jul 4 20:20:22 BST 2007

Perhaps Vector Linux would be suitable. I can't remember the installed size
but they claim to be for older systems.

On 04/07/07, Nistur Effee <nistur at karate.com> wrote:
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Digit (SG)" <digit.siljrath at googlemail.com>
> > To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [dundee] Old laptop
> > Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 18:18:10 +0100
> >
> >
> > to show her how similar to windows it can be, since she's stubborn, show
> her
> > a kdenvironment.   knoppix i find particularly impressive for this with
> its
> > array of toys n dazzly things to keep her happy.
> > or maybe a dsl, if you could get her to realise how impressive it is, in
> > comparison to doze too, ;).
> > and slax,
> >
> > basically i'm saying make sure its a live cd first so you can show her
> old
> > system is still there if she freaks.
> >
> > On 04/07/07, azmodie <azmodie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > from a few discussions on the ubuntu forums suggest something like
> > >
> > > http://fluxbuntu.org/
> > >
> > > although they dont have a fiesty base yet. they will be releasing
> gutsy
> > > gibbon in october.
> > >
> > > screenshots:  http://shots.fluxbuntu.org/nbuild1-rev2/
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/4/07, Nistur Effee < nistur at karate.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm where to start? I have a very... stubborn mother. She has an
> old
> > > > Win98 laptop that she uses for childminding, *shudders* edutainment
> style
> > > > games and the like however, with it being a cast off from one
> > > of the parents
> > > > it has thousands of faults and takes hours to do anything.
> > > > She has so far been totally against the idea of putting Linux on it
> > > > because "she won't know what to do". Going with children everywhere,
> I'm
> > > > going to ignore her. I'll install Linux and see what she says, then
> install
> > > > 98 after if she insists. I was just wondering what people would
> suggest in
> > > > terms of distro. The HDD is only 2GB so Ubuntu/Minty is out of the
> question
> > > > and I'd like to think I could get a variety of distros into working
> shape
> > > > with some fiddling. Does anyone have any experience with lightweight
> (or
> > > > maybe older versions) designed for Windoze migrants? (first one to
> say
> > > > Lindows sits in the corner)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
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> > > > Nistur                            nistur at karate.com
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> Thanks everyone. To start off with, I agree that KDE is probably best,
> even though in virtually all situations I'm pro-gnome. so Fluxbuntu or
> whatever it was is out of the picture. I was considering trying to skin
> things to make it look windows-y to see if she'd notice.
> As I said, she'd mainly be using it for the kid's games so she would have
> a few CDs to install, but it's not like edutainment programs use the latest
> in DirectX or anything, so I think I should be able to set up WINE to run
> that normally.
> As for a live CD, the only way I'd get her to agree to it is if I'd leave
> linux on there and make it simple to use, but probably say I'd install 98 in
> a bit or whatever. She'd never say yes to me showing her a live CD. Oh, and
> the current install doesn't work. Well, it does, but slowly, and you have to
> tell it to ignore about 10 system file errors at boot. Fun. So no worries
> about losing the old system, she wants a format anyway.
> Basically, I think I want something that will install to less than 1GB and
> will be able to auto login. Like I said, customising shouldn't be too bad as
> I have a while to fiddle before I demonstrate the thing.
>
> Thanks again
>
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