Ok folks- This one is not the usual "could have googled for it " question .
A day care center worker wants to buy cheap used hardware and have me or someone else make it work . This center is a not-for-profit so Surplus Exchange is a viable hardware source . Here's where KCLUG can come in . Showing that Open Source is truly viable for this person's need . What is needed ? Single user single desktop maybe not even networked or if so only at the printer share level Compatibility with Msword and Excel in both directions , Printing flyers . Archiving all flyers etc . Likely this system may never be internet connected !
So from that outline- What distro is suggested, And more importantly why ?
Presently owned system is a P2/200 with 64 meg ram and 840 meg HD . Suggestions for what to use on this would be appreciated from anyone having had experience with the suggested distro.