[ale] Donated computers

[Christopher Fowler]

I'm thinking Xubuntu with the programs from edubuntu

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 09:58 -0600, Preston Boyington wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> <snipped>
> > My thought is that these computers feel like circa 1998 machines.  I
> > could treat them as such.  They could load Win98 on them and then find
> > educational software from around that time that is compatible and run
> > that.  As long as the machine is good they will be in good shape.
> > 
> 
> oh! oh! how about Slackware 3.5? I think I have that here somewhere...
> or even Red Hat 6.2 (have 5.2 also...)?
> 
> I've not paid attention to what your disto preference is (are you the
> Fedora fanatic?), but if you are open to Ubuntu then maybe Debian
> "Woody" would be good (with backports if needed), especially with an
> extremely light WM (Fluxbox or maybe XFCE).  I have it installed on an
> old Compaq 133mhz 32mb.  It runs a 2.4 kernel (I don't need 2.6 for
> this), Fluxbox, GKrellum, etc. and works very well.  not to mention it
> being easy to manage.
> 
> It would be interesting to see if DSL installed to the HD would suit
> this also.  From my understanding, it installs as a Debian system.  I've
> not played with it, but would be more than willing to let you try it and
> tell me about it later. ;-)
> 
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