I believe that something like DSL would do the trick since its built for such low resource environments.
On Jan 23, 2008 8:21 AM, Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The server seems to be down or something. > > As regards the 486's, chances are they will also have very limited RAM. Do > you think they will be powerful enough? Even websites can be flash-intensive > etc. However, if we could install a decent browser, email, word processor > etc., it's not a bad idea. > > > > > On 21/01/2008, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey, > > > > it seems that www.linux.org.mt is dead, at least i can't browse to it > > from 2 different locations. > > > > Anyways, I was reading Noel Grima's article on Independent > > (http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=63551) and he wrote: > > > > 'The broadband offer will soon have another remarkable offer: very cheap > > > > computers. With the process to replace all computers in government > > service almost concluded, most of the 13,000 computers being replaced > > will be offered to the disabled, to NGOs and to people on social > > assistance at a very cheap price, after being fully refurbished, with > > full licences and original software. Not all computers that are being > > replaced will be sold as those which are not compatible with XP, such as > > the old 486s, will be scrapped.' > > > > Is there a way that at least 50% of these machines get installed with > > say Ubuntu (price will get lower)? If most of the PC's donated will be > > to people who never used a PC, it won't be that difficult for them to > > adjust. I personally think that people who already are accustomed to > > Windows find it hard to switch. All these people would need is an > > internet browser, Office and maybe some fancy games. > > > > I am aware that this easily said then done, but thought I'd share my > > opinion. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > -- > Ramon Casha > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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