[Gllug] Little machines

[Rich Walker]

Richard Cottrill <richard_c at tpg.com.au> writes:

> 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.

My laptop is a P2-266, 160MB ram, and now on it's third hard
drive. (40GB).

I run debian/testing, with icewm as the window manager.

Openoffice is surprisingly usable. Abiword runs, but I don't use it.

I used to have kde on it, but I got bored waiting for redraw on switch
desktop.

I've recently been fiddling with nautilus, just because "~ on backdrop"
is a really nice feature...

hth

cheers, Rich.


> 
> 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.
> 
> I'm thinking of a stripped Suse install. This machine will be a glorified typewriter; but can it
> beat a MS-powered glorified typewriter?
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
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