233 MHz CPU system - Debian and SO 5.2 question

[Andreas von Heydwolff <pirmin2@gmx.net>]

Am fed up with Windows on a single workstation in a small non-profit 
organization, used mainly for word processing and mailing. This weekend 
I have to reinstall the OS, data are on a second HDD since the last 
major crash so it won't be too much trouble. I intend to make it dual 
boot with Debian as fallback or even soon primary OS.

Would it make a difference in performance on the 233MHz MMX CPU and 48Mb 
RAM system whether I choose potato or Woody?

Is the Star Office 5.2 address book reliable enough for mail merges, or 
has any other word processor (Applixware?) an address book that can be 
used for mail merges?

Regards,

Andreas von Heydwolff

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