On 5/13/05, Clair Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Jerome! > > On 5/13/05, Jerome Gotangco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > > > Hardware: > > > Pentium II 233 MHz > > > 2 GB > > > RAM 64 Mb > > > on board sound and video > > > external modem softk > > <snip> > > > If we're going to base this on current existing desktop environments and > > default installs, you're going to have a problem. I have an old P166 > > with 128MB RAM at home running barbones ubuntu with XFCE and so far > > everything is ok, a bit slow but usable and I only use this box to surf > > the net and do some very minor editing in svn trunk. > > > Hmmm. I see... Have you extra RAM to spare? >
i searched around tipidpc.com and there are guys selling 256-512MB PC133 chips that ranges from Php500 to Php1300. :) > > > What they want to do: > > > to record tapes to mp3 > > Never tried this > I don't know anyone who has, actually. Be it on Windows or GNU/Linux. > i read some discussions about this in the musb board. it entails using the sox package and the line in of the soundcard. i think some editing with audacity is also required. im recalling this from memory. :D > > > games > > Hmmm....emacs tetris perhaps? > =) > nethack/angband/<insert rogue-type game> NES emulators can also run on that machine. MAME/MegaDrive/SNES emulators might be pushing it but who knows. :) > > > office suite > > Not OOo please...AbiWord and Gnumeric perhaps... > > Have you tried them? > Abiword is nice for basic editing. and i heard that it now supports ms-word formats. :) <snip> ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrivausers.org/index.php _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
