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Re: Choosing Debian version or derivative to run Wine when resource poor



Hi,

On 10/24/2013 09:53 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Our church runs a once a week after school program for the children of
> a neighboring elementary school { in U.S. education-speak it is a
> "title 1 - severely underprivileged school"}. We run on donated
> hardware. Up to now the machines came with misc versions of MS
> Windows. A local company will donate several additional machines. Due
> to license issues, they will come without Windows. One of their staff
> has stated that Linux Mint would be suited for the "obsolete" hardware
> being donated and has volunteered to install it on each of those
> machines.
>
> My question:
> Is there any reason that a Ubuntu version Mint would be any more
> suitable than a custom install of Debian - especially as there is a
> choice of kernels?
> Question is vague, to a degree intentionally. Where/what should I be
> reading?
I don't think anyone suggested, but what about DebianEdu [1]/SkoleLinux [2]?
There target at an educational environment, i believe they can be adapt
to your scenario.


[1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu
[2] http://www.skolelinux.org

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