Re: Useful GUI apps on low-mem computers?
On (02/11/05 10:56), Mitch Wiedemann wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Our local Free Software User Group has a large number of donated
> computers, each having 64MB of RAM and a PII or PIII processor. We are
> intending to configure these computers with a useful set of software and
> make them available for use by low-income people in our community. We
> have no budget for buying more memory.
>
> My question is, if you had a computer with 64 MB of RAM, and you wanted
> to give the novice user the ability to browse the web, use e-mail,
> instant messaging, create documents and spreadsheets, etc. What window
> manager and GUI applications would you choose?
Have a look at Beatrix; it's a small light ubuntu based lice 'CD' with an easy
install.
http://www.watsky.net/
Regards
Clive
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