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[LUG] best distro for a small business laptop

 

I had a relatives Dell Inspiron 1300 in for "cleaning" few days ago and it reminded 
me that there are users out there with adequate hard ware - that just need 

a understandable desktop -  without 3D fanfare and indexed searching widgets (i.e. 
no resources sucking frills that would tax an aged/slow 2.5" 5000rpm hard drive / 
bog standard hardware) 
core business apps i.e. LibreOffice 4.3.x 
a fully functioning version of firefox with flash and java compatibility
a PDF reader
a good media player. 
a solid imap mail client 
a usable ical compat calendar 

also its not really enterprise class (more good enough), it doesn’t need to be 
updated every 4 hrs and its available in 32bit version on an easy to install CD rom. 
Most importantly Its aimed at an average skilled person i.e. a skilled plumber, 
rather than a science graduate. 

after 10 years - has anyone settled on a distro(s) / distro version that tick this 
box/ out of the box? 






 






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