I think what andrew is saying is that bleeding edge distros require more than what these old PCs can provide, and they should look for something thinner.
Also, hopefully they are giving, not selling. David, is there any possibility of an image here or are these all cobbled together out of different PC parts? If its an image situation than you could set up a support group for it (like phptroubleticket) or a mailing list and take care of it that way..... also you could bring them back to center by just reloading an image..... I really would suggest simplyMepis since it does so well installing HW and is so easy to use.... but there is the running slow problem..... hmmn. The other route... all different PC's... man that's quite a chore even for a dedicated support staff. Im not so into that. My lab is like that now and well, it sucks to admin. Hmmn. Im interested. Maybe if you can get me an example box we can try to get something going.... Any other ideas? Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Bendily Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Distribution of linux to the masses "not run very well" and "Not run at all" are two different things. He's going to be selling these computers to people who don't currently own a computer. They probably don't have any bearing for how fast or slow Windows is so a slow Linux probably won't make a difference to them. Most likely these people have never used Windows so there won't really be a Windows->Linux learning curve. So at least with Suse they might be able to get help from someone or the net, but with Damn Small Linux when they ask for help they're just going to get strange looks. Hmm... well they'll probably get strange looks either way, but ... BB _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
