Even Deli linux should work fine. I personally didn't know that all machines are 486's, i thought maybe some pentium IIs, but i am sure a decent distro can be installed. Well i think they'll be installing Win '98 on them since no other MS product works on such low specs, correct me if i'm wrong!
Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote: > I believe that something like DSL would do the trick since its built for > such low resource environments. > > On Jan 23, 2008 8:21 AM, Ramon Casha > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > The server seems to be down or something. > > As regards the 486's, chances are they will also have very limited > RAM. Do you think they will be powerful enough? Even websites can be > flash-intensive etc. However, if we could install a decent browser, > email, word processor etc., it's not a bad idea. > > > > > On 21/01/2008, *Andrew* > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hey, > > it seems that www.linux.org.mt <http://www.linux.org.mt> is > dead, at least i can't browse to it > from 2 different locations. > > Anyways, I was reading Noel Grima's article on Independent > (http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=63551) and he > wrote: > > 'The broadband offer will soon have another remarkable offer: > very cheap > computers. With the process to replace all computers in government > service almost concluded, most of the 13,000 computers being > replaced > will be offered to the disabled, to NGOs and to people on social > assistance at a very cheap price, after being fully refurbished, > with > full licences and original software. Not all computers that are > being > replaced will be sold as those which are not compatible with XP, > such as > the old 486s, will be scrapped.' > > Is there a way that at least 50% of these machines get installed > with > say Ubuntu (price will get lower)? If most of the PC's donated > will be > to people who never used a PC, it won't be that difficult for > them to > adjust. I personally think that people who already are > accustomed to > Windows find it hard to switch. All these people would need is an > internet browser, Office and maybe some fancy games. > > I am aware that this easily said then done, but thought I'd share my > opinion. > > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > -- > Ramon Casha > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
