On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 09:16:20AM -0400, Barry Gaskins wrote: > bells and whistles. Look at low resource distros like DSL (Damn Small > Linux). If you cannot determine what the specs are on the machines before > you leave then burn a dozen different CDs of a whole range of distro's that > have different system requirements. Otherwise you will get there with the > distro that you prefer only to find out that the old machines they have will > not even boot up the install CD.
And to be even more paranoid, I would also look at the possibility of not being able to boot from CDROM and take along one or more sets of Floppy + CDROM for the worst case. When John mentioned low-end Pentiums yesterday, I wondered about 386 and 486 vintage machines, just as one of us mentioned today. I agree with the turnkey approach, even if the users _do_ have some Linux knowledge, most of the time all that they need is a light-weight desktop publishing machine ( fancy typewriter ). John may not be in favour of IceWM, but it _is_ lightweight and easy to configure for a few applications and utilities. I am almost ready to volunteer to help out at this end, and even possibly, there! Brian > - Barry Gaskins > > On 10/11/05, Lee Fickenscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Oct 11, 2005, at 9:16 PM, Aaron Joyner wrote: > > > > > There have been lots of good suggestions in this thread, but don't > > > neglect to consider sand, dust, and dirt, and their devastating > > > effects on computer hardware. Particularly in a true desert > > > scenario, where you have people walking in and out from the sandy > > > ground (if not sand storms actually blowing sand into where the > > > computers are housed), this is going to result in a much higher > > > maintenance schedule. You'll want to train a couple, or at best > > > maybe a half dozen people, on how to properly disassemble and clean > > > a computer. If they just know to blow the sand out from the inside > > > of the case and how to lubricate and replace cooling fans, you'll > > > be a *lot* better off in the long run. > > > > How about a semi-sealed diskless system using a non-conductive liquid > > coolant? > > Something like: > > > > http://techreport.com/etc/2001q4/comdex/koolance2.jpg > > > > Have it boot from flash and use a USB flash drive for removable > > storage. :) > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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