[Gllug] Little machines

Wed Jul 23 17:32:54 UTC 2003

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 16:53, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Cottrill [mailto:richard_c at tpg.com.au]
> > Sent: 23 July 2003 16:37
> > To: GLLUG List
> > Subject: [Gllug] Little machines
> > 
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > further to my last query about the O2 machines; I've got an 
> > old Thinkpad 
> > I'm going to lend to a friend to do her uni work on.
> > 
> > Now, this is a P266MMX, 130MB RAM or so, and a 2GB(?) disc. I 
> > know I can 
> > fit a usable (if not totally leagal (now)) Win2K + MS Office 
> > install on 
> > there and it will run nicely, the user (not a nerd by any 
> > stretch) will 
> > be familiar with it. You guys may doubt it's usable, but it's 
> > served me 
> > well.
> > 
> > The question for you guys is: If the Linux desktop is ready, 
> > what do I 
> > install on this machine? Some hassles will be allowed (owing 
> > to a dearth 
> > of other available options) but this has got to be simple, reliable, 
> > approachable, and easy for a near-novice.
> > 
> > 
A nice compromise may be to install a light distro, a simple window
manager with a taskbar and 'start' button, both kde and gnome can be
configured this way but they are quite bulky, i use gnome on a 233 and
its very usable, but its not fast. 

You can then install crossover office (Please no flames on gpl forks)
which imho works a treat.  That way you can use something like ximian
evolution for a mail reader, (it looks like office, but without the
security implications) and word/excel/access etc, like it was a windows
machine.

I'm sure somebody else on the list can explain how to get a wm looking
like win2k.

You could also try lindows, i used that in a hotel on holiday and was
very impressed. (Except there was no ssh client)

Hope that helps

David

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