Re: [SLUG] Linux Distro for Cheapie Acer PC

From: levi@bard.sytes.net
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 10:48:07 EST


> The
> computer
> is an Acer Aspire with an AMD i586 or i686 processor (K6?), 32Meg of RAM
> and
> a single expansion slot used by a winmodem.

> What is a good "lightweight" distribution for a cheapie machine like this?
> All it really needs to do is run KMail, a web browser, Pixie, and some
> simple
> multimedia apps. Xandros comes to mind, but there may be a simpler way
> out.
> Suggestions?

That sounds just like my laptop on which I run Debian. WMs with which
I've had success are: afterstep, enlightenment(with all the candy turned
off), flwm, wmaker, icewm.
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