[wellylug] A little project....

[Tom Peck]

Damon Lynch wrote:
> Debian?   I like and respect Debian.  It's on our server at the office. 
> But as a standalone desktop for novice users without hand-held support
> -- I don't think it would be suitable.  It's great for hardcore techies
> but not much good for the bewildered newbie.
> 
> Also, it's packages are compiled for 386 class machines right, not
> Pentium?


Which is why it is a good choice for running on low end machines.


> But if you are talking of Linux Terminal Services and a solid, competent
> techie to maintain it on the server, it's possible.  But that's going to
> cost $$$.  Who's going to give them a grunty server for free?


If it means desktops which are usable - i'd say they'd have to fork out 
a little money no matter which way they turn.


> Otherwise, if pure networked desktops, surely a more desktop-oriented
> distro would be better?  One with auto-detection of hardware, a few
> wizards and GUI front ends etc.


The problem with these distros is that they run appallingly on low end 
systems..  Mandrake hasn't even been compiled with i586 support 
(currently i686 if I recall).

I don't think the people recieving these machines will be the ones 
installing them anyway, so nice auto-detection and gui wizards aren't 
needed.

Tom


> 
> Damon
> 
> On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 15:59, Tom Peck wrote: Hi Rob
> 
> When you say 'Pentium with 64MB memory' do you mean Pentium first 
> generation 75Mhz - 150Mhz machines?
> 
> I have successfully setup Debian Woody on a Pentium 133Mhz - it's rather
> slow when running programs locally (like mozilla), but using it as a 
> terminal type machine works fine when connected to a decent server 
> system (mine connects to a P3 700, running Gnome2 + GDM).
> 
> What sort of software will be needed on the systems?  I'd recommend 
> Debian as a fairly easy to install low resource requiring distro.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> Rob Giltrap - Ubiety Group wrote:
> 
>>Hi All
>>
>>I have been speaking with the '2020 Communications Trust'. They have 
>>been given 400 PCs (mostly Pentium with 64MB memory) from the Wgtn
> 
> City 
> 
>>Council to distribute to charitable organisations within Wellington.
>>
>>A problem they have is that this PCs often come without the MS
> 
> licences 
> 
>>and to pay for them is not an option. The would prefer to investigate 
>>putting open source software onto these machines so that they are
> 
> usable 
> 
>>by the non-profit orgs and then they don't have to worry about being 
>>audited.
>>
>>I have suggested that this could be a project for the WellyLUG members
>>to come up with a solution. Due to the age/power of the machines
> 
> loading 
> 
>>RH7.3 and cranking up Gnome/Nautilus is not going to be viable. There
> 
> is 
> 
>>also the question of ongoing support and training which will need to 
>>have answers.
>>
>>If we are interested in taking on this challenge the 2020 
>>representitives will come to the next WellyLUG meeting.
>>
>>Your ideas/comments will be well recieved.
>>
>>Thanks, Rob.
>>
>>
>>
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