[COLUG] Seeking recommendations for Linux distro for ancient laptop

[Tom Hanlon]

On 29 Mar 2007, at 15:31, Aaron Howard wrote:

> On Thursday 29 March 2007 12:07 pm, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for lightweight distros that are
>> sophisticated enough to run a graphical web browser and OOffice?


>
> Whew.  OOo is a pig.  I like it and it works great w/ enough  
> resources.  But
> it's not lightweight by any measure.  You might need to look for  
> alternatives
> there.

Has anyone mentioned abiword ?
Might work in place of OO for you.


>
> As for lightweight distros, you could try DSL-N.  It's like Damn  
> Small Linux's
> big brother but still pretty lightweight.  I've not used it myself,  
> though,
> so I can't vouch for it specifically...just that is appears to fit  
> the bill.
>
> -Aaron
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