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Unless you need OpenOffice.org, that is. If you can use KOffice--while using the KDE desktop--then I'd agree with you. I'd also stick with Konqueror instead of Firefox. The reason for that is the shared-library effect. I run Kubuntu Dapper Drake on a PowerBook G3-400MHz with 256MB DRAM, and when I run it in this configuration, it's surprisingly snappy for such an old machine. But when I fire up OpenOffice.org and Firefox...then I start swapping to the disk. Not horribly, but it does slow things down some. An older version of Knoppix won't do it, either, because one of two things will happen: 1.) Your box will get cracked due to not having the latest security updates. 2.) The first "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" will put you at the latest Debian Sid anyway (remember, Knoppix installed to the HD actually *is* Debian Sid). Someone mentioned installing CentOS 3 on these boxes. I think that's the best idea if you need thick clients, since CentOS 3 remains a supported platform. But I also agree with Nils's suggestion about using them as thin clients if you can. --TP _______________________________
Do you GNU? Microsoft Free since 2003--the ultimate antivirus protection! Doug Simpson wrote: If they have 265MB RAM, then KNOPPIX works pretty good and I believe the newer KNOPPIX had support for wireless. .. It can also be hard drive installed (it runs ****MMMUUUCCCHHH*** better that way. Sometimes, though older versions of KNOPPIX works better on older computers because the newer they are, it seems the more resources they need. DS Doug Simpson Technology Specialist De Queen Public Schools De Queen, AR simpsond leopards k12 ar us "Newer isn't always better!""Joshua Hicks" <jhicks tcstitans org> 3/13/2008 11:25 AM >>>I have about 25 IBM Thinkpad 600E Pentium II's that are currently running Windows 2000. These have served as the primary computer for teachers at my school and as a laptop cart for students. They are just unable to keep up with most applications coming out today. I would like to switch them all over to a small Linux distro that will be able to perform web browsing and word processing with their limited processor speed. Support for wireless networking with WEP encryption is also needed. Does anyone have a suggestion about a good option? I have tried a couple of versions of DSL, but I need something with a little more GUI capabilities. Thanks _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list K12OSN redhat com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> |