Hello Ben, On Sat, April 10, 2010 13:49, Benjamin Ashton wrote: > Hi, > > My wife's laptop, currently running XP, has got a bit silly as of late, > which has given me the excuse/permission to put Linux on it. It only has > 512 RAM. Could anyone suggest a distro that doesn't keep using the hard > disk for swap but would also make an easy transition from XP. Would Gnome > or Xfce be better? It would also have to have a word-processor that could > open Word files (so, I presume, must have Open Office - does Xfce allow > for Open Office?), photos and music.
Here is an interesting article on Tuxradar regarding lightweight distros: http://www.tuxradar.com/content/whats-best-lightweight-linux-distro -- Regards, Jan Henkins -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
