I agree with Andrew. Gnome/KDE are "desktop environments", in that they provide a large collection of nifty GUI widgets for apps to use to make apps purty and easier to use. The catch is that they take up a _lot_ of system resources. You can try these Gnome/KDE distributions, but my experience has been that the target hardware described would be very slow.
However, I respectfully disagree with Andrew concerning Damn Small Linux. Though it is a really neat distribution (I've played with it often), I think it is directed at really old or small machines (~12MB RAM). I think a better Linux distribution for the target machines David described would be Feather Linux: http://featherlinux.berlios.de/ It comes in a bootable ISO image that you burn to a CD, then boot and run off of the CD in an easy GUI desktop with nice application icons. You can then install it right from the desktop menu easy as pie. It installs in under 70MB! of diskspace, so there is plenty of space left over. If it gets messed up, the user can easily reinstall it. The installation process is _very_ easy and basically consists of clicking defaults. Did I mention it was easy? :) It includes a number of apps chosen to run in little RAM, so 64MB RAM will be fine. It does not come with Mozilla, but that can be easily installed from the menu. Ideally, once one machine is installed and setup with the desired apps, an image can be made of it with Ghost or PartImage and then copied to the other machines. A Linux geek could remaster the Feather Linux ISO to include Mozilla and other apps using the info at: http://featherlinux.berlios.de/remastering.html David, you can download the CD edition of Feather Linux at: http://featherlinux.berlios.de/download.htm Let us know if you have any questions! John --- "Baudouin, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://suse.lsu.edu/dist/9.1 is bringing up a 404 > for me. I would like to > note that neither Fedora Core nor Suse would work > well on the proposed > system configuration as they are Gnome / KDE based > distributions. > > Andrew Baudouin > Applications Programmer > AWC, Incorporated > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nashid Hasan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Distribution of linux > to the masses > > I would suggest Suse Linux Personal 9.1. It can be > downloaded for free > from http://suse.lsu.edu > > Redhat's free version is called Fedora which is in > version 3. You can > download it from fedora.redhat.com. However, I > suggest Suse as it seems > to be more user-friendly than Fedora. > > Thanks, > > Nash > > David Grant wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > We are distributing a k12ltsp lab to Broadmoor > High School on December > > 1^st . We would love it if there were one or two > of you guys that > > would be willing to correspond with the teacher > there to assist her > > with the configuration and maintenance of the lab > and possibly help > > set it up. The teacher is Alicia Vidaurreta, and > her email is > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ > > > > Those that would like to help, please contact her > or myself at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . > Thank-you to those of you > > that came to our "No Computer Should Go To Waste" > recycling day on > > November the 6^th . We were able to collect ten 24 > foot truckloads, or > > 72 Tons of computer equipment for recycling that > would have gone to a > > landfill otherwise. > > > > I have a question for you guys: what type of Linux > would be the most > > user friendly for low-income families? Many of > these people have no > > idea how to use a computer, and we are trying to > bridge that gap. > > Since the price of windows would make the computer > out of the price > > range of this group, we are going to install > Linux. Low income > > families will receive a 15-17" monitor, a Pentium > 233Mhz, 64MB RAM, > > 2.5 GB hard drive with a Linux OS, and Open Office > installed. They > > will be able to purchase these for around $25-$30. > We are ready to > > roll out with these units as soon as we can figure > out which Linux OS > > to install. We investigated using red hat, but I > couldn't locate a > > download that was free. Any input or suggestions > that you guys might > > have would be quite welcome. > > > > David Grant > > > > Director, Computers for Louisiana's Kids (CLK) > > > > A Program of Capital Area Corporate Recycling > Council (CACRC) > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 800 St Philip st > > > > Baton Rouge, LA 70802 > > > > 225-379-3577 > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
