On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Ed Robitaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am a trustee for our local town library. We share the library > with the local elementry school. Our computer that we use > is ano-name running W$ 95. As You can imagine, we suffer from > crashes, setting changes, file deletions, viruses (viri ?) and > other non-system type problems. > > I am very tempted to switch to dual-boot $W2k and Linux. The biggest concern > I have is that many patrons use the computer for word-processing.
If it is an older machine but uses DIMM memory it may be a good idea to upgrade the memory for this project. I recently upgraded all the PC's in the house (except my workstation: SIMM's only :-( ). One can get a good quality (e.g. crucial.com) 128 or 256 MB DIMM stick for reasonably small cost (maybe $40 for the 256, but prices seem to be going up...) The additional RAM will help running Gnome / KDE / StarOffice used in this project (and W2K). If the CPU is slow VMware will be extremely slow, and so VMware would not be a good idea (and is not free). StarOffice is slow to "boot" but has acceptable performance once (and can be left running on the desktop). ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
