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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 20:43 +0100, alex mclennan wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Neil Stone wrote: > > > > > >> We could also show people how easy it is to convert Windows to Linux... > >> eg: have a Windows box.. install Ubuntu on it.. > >> > >> Perhaps a couple of 'spare' machines that anyone happens to have...?? > >> > >> > > > > Unfortunately I only have one machine with a licensed copy of Windows on > > there which is spare for the event. My other half wouldn't let me use > > her laptop and I figured Windows 98 and NT 4 machines will be a bit too old. > > > > Rob > > > > > Except, of course to showcase one of the 'Linux Lite' distros. DSL, Puppy and Slax all work pretty well on my P3 500MHz 128Mb RAM heap, that I use to play with as a file server (until I blow it up - regularly!) Might be worth a shot to demonstrate that you don't need a 2.4GHz DC with 4Gb RAM to have a working PC? > hi all i have a dell laptop 1ghzcpu with 256 of ram,got xp on it,is it > any use to you,i will be in babbacombe between 12-1 > its got 10gig hd > alex the noob > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html