[Sussex] If not Lindows, then what?

[Gareth ABLETT]

On this subject I've been told and read that the latest mandrake with
fluxbox
on is really got for old machines. although flux isnt that good for the
basic end
user.

Gareth Ablett

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Ford" <neil at smudgypixels.net>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: [Sussex] If not Lindows, then what?


> Question for the audience...
>
> One of Natalie's relatives has a PC that we put together for her a
> couple of years ago running Windows 98. Recently it's had a few
> problems which I've sorted, but...
>
> Following a brief discussion she's quite open to replacing Windows with
> something more reliable :-) Like the people Adam's dealing with, the PC
> is only used for email, word processing and the internet.
>
> So my question is, which Linux distribution would be best? We;re
> talking a P200 with 64Mb and a smallinsh hard drive. Ideally I'd like
> something with a reasonable Wondows-like look and feel, that's going to
> cope with the HP Deskjet 510 she has and that's going to be well
> behaved when it comes to PPP.
>
> Running OpenOffice shouldn't be an issue, so Windows compatibility
> isn't required.
>
> Suggestions to the usual address.
>
> Neil.
>
>
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