Which distro can anyone recommend for low end hardware ?

[Oren Beck]

Rob Becker wrote:
> This doesn't answer your question regarding a specific distro, but
> whatever distro you use, carefully audit all services that run at start.
> With a machine that is not connected to a network, many of your network
> services can be disabled.  Also look at running a light desktop manager
> like ICEWM.  If there is any budget at all for adding RAM and or a newer
> HD, it may be well worth your time to do so.  A P2/200 will be
> sufficient for the duties you suggest, but a faster HD and more RAM will
> make things much speedier.
> Good luck with it.
> Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oren Beck [mailto:oren_beck at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 5:28 PM
> To: List - KCLUG
> Subject: Which distro can anyone recommend for low end hardware ?
> 
> 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.
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Good advice and it will be followed . I have always wondered about the 
amount of cruft loaded into start routines that plainly should have been 
defaulted elsewhere or never there at all .

Regarding "Light" desktops - the issue to my limited observation is 
lighter footprint seemingly must equal less intuitive. I mean that as 
both to legacy interface users and " Zero experience" users too .
Listing the exact quirks may be a future project but for now I need the 
design mentality to be bug resistance and newbie tolerance over eye 
candy or blazing speed .  Installing a canned distro then tweaking it 
along your suggestions  may be the way this goes - Thanks for the help 
and sorry for the delay in replying .

Oren

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