Re: 233 MHz CPU system - Debian and SO 5.2 question
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:22:01 +0100 Andreas von Heydwolff <pirmin2@gmx.net> wrote:
> 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?
As long as you stay with a 2.2 kernel, it should not make a difference.
Still, I'd go upgrade to woody, just to get newer packages.
Note: Stay away from GNOME & KDE!!! Try a window manager like fvwm
or xfce or blackbox. Sylpheed is a good, lightweight GUI email
program.
There's a _possibility_ that you could use WordPerfect 6.0 DOS in
the Debian DOS emulator. That way, you could stay in console mode.
> 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?
Even though I'm old enough to know what mail merge is (did it with
WordStar and DataStar on a KayProII CP/M "transportable"), I
couldn't tell you about SO52.
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