Hi :) Would Gnome Office (ie Abiword and Gnumeric) be better? Also last time i tried distro-hopping on 'old' machines i found that Kubuntu was much faster and lighter-weight than even Lubuntu and Xubuntu. There was a ton of stuff to figure out and apps etc to add o really get the most out of it but the default set-up looks really swish and is very usable. Perhaps best to let the new owner enjoy their own voyage of discovery. Kubuntu uses a different office suite and i found that so light and fast that i didn't bother to try out LibreOffice on it. KOffice/Calligra uses the same file-formats as LibreOffice.
Regards from a Tom :) On 23 February 2018 at 14:43, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2018-02-23 3:02 GMT+01:00 Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com>: > > > > > I am getting an old HP desktop, that originally WinXP, ready to give > away. > > > > It has 64-bit AMD 3300+ CPU, 512MB ram, and only 160GB drive. It was an > > original Windows XP 32-bit OS system on a 64-bit hardware. Since it needs > > ALL of the old user's info removed, and XP OS "damaged", It was better to > > just make it a Linux system - for security reasons. > > > > I just installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04 64-bit on it. Their specs stated > > 32-bit would be best but the system keeps failing due a SIS630 "module > > missing". > > > > So with these specs, what is the newest version of LO you would install? > > With this low RAM, it may not be able to handle the newest versions. As I > > type this, the old system is now in the "software updating" cycle. So, > it > > is installing the newest LO that is in Ubuntu 16.04's repository. > > > > To be honest, this system is a little old for my needs, but for a free > > giveaway system [HP desktop, keyboard, mouse, and a HP "square" 15 inch > > monitor], I do not have any parts to upgrade it and do not want to buy > any > > hardware for it. > > > > So, what is the newest version I can install without and problems?. > > > > Tim, if you've managed to successfully install 64-bit Ubuntu MATE 16.04 on > this system, you should be able to install and run any version of LO - why > not take the latest, 6.0.1 (or 6.0.2 to which LO just updated itself via > the PPA om my Linux box) ? The only thing I'd recommend beyond this would > be installing a bit more RAM. Even if you've made clear that you don't wish > to buy any hardware for it, you should be able to obtain some used DDR-2 > sticks, which the motherboard is almost certain to support, for next to > nothing, which would make a great deal of difference in how you experience > the computer (the system requirements for 64-bit LO 6.0.1 are listed as 256 > MB RAM, with 512 MB recommended).... > > Henri > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
