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On 11 Sep 2014, at 10:40, Gordon Scott <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There are always a hundred and one answers to questions like this. > This is mine. YMMV. > > I tend to use Ubuntu LTS as most stuff works OK and the LTS means few > nasty surprises. Both my wife and I dislike the Unity desktop, but the > gnome-fallback option uses a more conventional desktop. Unity, should > one want it, offers a 2D presentation that should use less resource. > > Another candidate worth a look as it's aimed specifically at small and > efficient, rather than bling, is PuppyLinux. It also has an LTS version. > I haven’t used Puppy in ages, Its makes the test list. … I’m not putting ubuntu on the list until I get consensus on a version. > I use vlc as a media player as it's simply, well behaved, and seems to > play just about everything. + 1 > > Thunderbird should do IMAP and iCal OK, I believe. It certainly does the > former, I've not used the latter. > +1 > Gordon. > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq