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Re: [LUG] best distro for a small business laptop
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] best distro for a small business laptop
- From: Eion MacDonald <eionmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:40:29 +0100
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On 11/09/2014 10:07, Joseph Bennie wrote:
>
> 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?
>
I tend to use OpenSUSE with XFCE desktop, as easy to explain 'visible
upgrades' (I like YaST!) and can install non-FOSS on top VLC media
player and flash. However just for casual use on minimum hardware (less
than 0.3 Gb RAM I install PUPPY or SLAX
--
regards
Eion MacDonald
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