Clair Ching wrote:
Hi, everyone!
I have friends who want to switch to GNU/Linux. They are currently using a bootleg copy of Windows 98 and other apps but they realize that they ought to not do that anymore so they talked with me about it and gave me these details:
Hardware:
Pentium II 233 MHz
2 GB
RAM 64 Mb
EDO ram? SDRAM? I strongly suggest, double the amount of RAM :)
on board sound and videoReminds me of my old PC :).
external modem softk
I installed Storm Linux on it back then. (nabili ko yung installer sa may Buendia..hehe)
What they want to do:
to record tapes to mp3
Hmm...how? Maybe shops which do convertion of VHS to VCD can do this?
web browsing
games
office suite
Definitely not OpenOffice. Abiword and gnumeric is your best bet.
chat client
Ok, XChat and Gaim will (might) work
scribus
No comment on this.
video and music playing capabilities
What soundcard? What graphics card?
I am not sure what distro they could install and what apps they couldSince Slackware woks on hardware down to i486 architecture, it's the first to come in my mind. Use fluxbox, or even try XFCE.
use with these things in mind. I would appreciate suggestions and
comments. Thanks so much!
HTH, Kenneth
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