[HLUG] choosing a distro

[Sue]

Hi Matt,

And hello everyone else :-)

I have been running Kanotix successfully on three laptops of varying degrees 
of power. The fact that this is my first post in the year I have been with 
Hlug is a testement to how trouble free it is.

Kanotix is a developement of Knoppix, configured for laptops. (I have tried 
Ubuntu and have had many problems with it).  Although a small distro, it has 
a lively, approachable and helpful community.

See http://www.kanotix.com/index.php?&newlang=eng for downloads, wiki, and 
forums.

Best,

Sue Sampson.




On Tuesday 18 April 2006 10:14, Matt Ramsay wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm a fairly new to linux - have installed Mandriva alongside xp at
> home.
>
> At work, I have a number of old laptops running Win 98-W2K but want to
> wipe these and run a linux distro on them instead. They're not very
> powerful - probably got the following spec:
>
> 128 RAM
>
> Intel P111 processor (1GHz)
>
> 20 Gb hard drive
>
>
>
> I'm looking for a distro that will run fast on this type of laptop. And
> am only really looking for it to run office type software.
>
>
>
> Any idea what distribution I should take a look at??
>
>
>
> Thanks, Matt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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