2008/11/17 Sean Gibbins <sean@???>
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > 2008/11/16 Lisi <hantslug@???>:
> >
> >> Very user friendly, clearly labelled or lable-able, browser, email
> client
> >> and word processor.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Puppy Linux?
> >
> > http://www.puppylinux.org/home/overview
> >
> > "Very low minimum system requirements, runs happily on old Pentiums
> > with as little as 32Mb RAM. "
>
> Puppy is fantastic, although the default install is a bit fussy - lots
> of icons on the desktop and lots of scary utilities items littered
> throughout the menu system that might confuse a Linux newbie. However,
> it /is/ Linux so I am sure this can be tidied up!
>
> The default mail client on Puppy 4.11 is Sylpheed, the browser is
> SeaMonkey and the word processor Abiword.
>
> There is an option for Firefox 2 in the repositories, although I favour
> Opera. Open Office doesn't appear to be an option, and neither does
> Thunderbird, although both are installable with a little more work than
> you are used to with, say, Synaptic or aptitude.
>
> The other things to bear in mind is that the installation is pretty
> non-standard (although pretty well documented with good help), and that
> you end up with a single user system running as root. Those aren't
> necessarily negatives, just pointers for the unwary.
>
> One good thing is that it installs from a Live CD that comes in under
> 100MB, so trying it out for performance is pretty painless. Customising
> it may need a little more work than you are accustomed to, as I say.
>
> Oh, and did I say it was a fantastic piece of work?
>
> ;-)
>
> Sean
I recommend Damn Small....... runs on *anything*. Once I had it running,
quite satisfactorily, (O.K., a bit slow!) on a 100MHx DX4 with 16Mb.
Chris.
>
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> mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.
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