C'mon over to the Linux list, we've worked through most of the lightweights...
I'm partial to AntiX, run it from a live cd, no need for a hard drive at all,
that might be a great thing in this case as every time the computer is shut off
all cached info is gone...
Others: Sidux and Xbuntu. I got Sidux to work on a box that AntiX wouldn't and
Xbuntu on a laptop AntiX wouldn't.
The standard Mepis install works pretty well on lightweight hardware too.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:23:53 -0500
From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] OT: small, non-geeky Linux distro -- is there one?
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
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Friend of mine has some computers he would like to donate to a women's
shelter to provide web browsing, email, other basic stuff.
They would probably not run XP well/at all, and certainly the Win98 on
them now is not secure or suitable for semi-public use.
Looked at Damn Small Linux, is there anything else that has a perhaps
more "user friendly" desktop?
Just a basic "web kiosk" capability would probably be enough... to allow
use of web-based email, etc.
We're talking about circa 2001 hardware. 2GB drives, maybe less.
"Light weight" is paramount.
Allan
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