On Thursday 11 September 2014 10:07:11 Joseph Bennie wrote: > I had a relatives Dell Inspiron 1300 in for "cleaning" few days ago and it > reminded me that there are users out there with adequate hard ware - that > just need > > a understandable desktop - without 3D fanfare and indexed searching > widgets (i.e. no resources sucking frills that would tax an aged/slow 2.5" > 5000rpm hard drive / bog standard hardware) core business apps i.e. > LibreOffice 4.3.x > a fully functioning version of firefox with flash and java compatibility > a PDF reader > a good media player. > a solid imap mail client > a usable ical compat calendar > > also its not really enterprise class (more good enough), it doesn’t need to > be updated every 4 hrs and its available in 32bit version on an easy to > install CD rom. Most importantly Its aimed at an average skilled person > i.e. a skilled plumber, rather than a science graduate. > > after 10 years - has anyone settled on a distro(s) / distro version that > tick this box/ out of the box?
This has just been drawn to my attention. I haven't tried it, but it seems to tick a lot of the boxes and might be worth a look. It is Debian based with TDE 3.5.13.2 as default desktop. http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08592 Lisi -- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------
