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Re: Apps for low resource laptop
de Mark Warner 05/09/2006 03:23
Ben wrote:
> Mark Warner wrote:
>
>> I will be (re)configuring a PI-150MHz/32MB laptop for use on the road.
>> This will only be used occasionally for Internet access and email, and
>> for very basic word processing and spreadsheets. The user isn't
>> clueless, but he's not all that security conscious, either.
>
>
> Slightly OT, but do you think the user could be educated on how to use
> DamnSmallLinux? I'm not normally a vocal Linux advocate but when it
> comes to hardware like this, the difference between using Windows (even
> a stripped down version) and a Linux distro designed to run well on
> older hardware is very noticeable.
>
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
That was my first choice. Install was flawless, machine was quick.
Unfortunately, I could not get the pcmcia network card configured to
save my neck. I'm no Linux guru, but I had a real live Debian beta
tester walking me through all the compiling and installing and module
making and all that kind of stuff that's foreign to me. We fought it for
a week. No go.
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Mark Warner
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