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Re: [Sheflug] recommended 'distro' for K6 166
Chris Johnson wrote:
> I've got a stand alone PC that I need to be able to do normal office/student
> study type things on. Its a AMD k6- 166 with 82MB RAM and a 3GB hard disk.
> It will need to run OpenOffice.org, web browsing, email and printing and be
> easy for a windows user to migrate to (its for my sister at University and
> her current OS is a bit of a drain on the PC and it keeps suffering from
> virus infections too.)
As usual with Linux, you're spoilt for choice :-) You could try
Vector Linux, a distribution aimed at that sort of hardware. It is
responsive and fast. I don't know what WM they use (I can't remember),
but you can do as the others have pointed out: icewm, xfce,
blackbox... However, I would still try to get some extra memory in,
specially if you want to run OOo (my version, with a simple 3 page
document takes up some 55 Mb).
Of course, you might want to teach your sister the true path, and
install LaTeX, LyX or Texmacs :-))))
Regards,
Jose
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