[dundee] Old laptop

[DreamIsDead]

Actually, we played a round with a couple of distros. Most were too big even
when we cut way down on the number of packages being installed. The most
successful attempt with KDE was using Mandriva 9.2, but even then KDE
crashed the first time we tried to load anything after logging in.

However, we now have Puppy Linux installed with IceWM looking almost
identical to XP, with all the apps Nistur's mum is likely to need in only
430MB. Puppy installed very quickly and easily - I would definitely
recommend it to any new users with older hardware. We've also got wifi
working for her, which we probably wouldn't have managed under Windows 98.

Our only problem now is that his mum had a cd with games on it which we were
hoping we could get working under Wine, however the cd isn't even being
recognised when it is inserted (whilst other cds are). We'll have more time
to look into that later tonight, and if not find some alternative
Edutainment software she might like.

Thanks for the help,
DreamIsDead

On 06/07/07, William Cameron <bc_dundee at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 18:08:21 +0100
> From: azmodie at gmail.com
> To: dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [dundee] Old laptop
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> from a few discussions on the ubuntu forums suggest something like
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> http://fluxbuntu.org/
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> although they dont have a fiesty base yet. they will be releasing gutsy
> gibbon in october.
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> screenshots:  http://shots.fluxbuntu.org/nbuild1-rev2/
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> On 7/4/07, *Nistur Effee* < nistur at karate.com> wrote:
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> 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)
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> Thanks in advance
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