On Tuesday 06 February 2007 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
> Well, maybe I wasn't clear about my intentions because I tried to avoid
> tiring you with details, so here is the deal:
>
> We have this Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT (
> http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAS403U) which
> runs Windows 98 and which behaves worse and worse every day. My wife won't
> let me install Linux alone on it and it doesn't have enough disk to keep
> both Windows and Linux.
[snip]

* You REALLY need to re-install windows every year or so
* LTSP does a very good job of using old HW
* KNOPPIX and say icewm is a good low-power-machine solution (and nice!)
* VNC is a workable solution
* sticking to your 'invented here' solution is cute, satisfing and probably 
has the worst performance
James
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