On 11 Sep 2014, at 10:40, Gordon Scott <gordon@???> wrote:
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> There are always a hundred and one answers to questions like this.
> This is mine. YMMV.
>
> I tend to use Ubuntu LTS as most stuff works OK and the LTS means few
> nasty surprises. Both my wife and I dislike the Unity desktop, but the
> gnome-fallback option uses a more conventional desktop. Unity, should
> one want it, offers a 2D presentation that should use less resource.
>
> Another candidate worth a look as it's aimed specifically at small and
> efficient, rather than bling, is PuppyLinux. It also has an LTS version.
>
I haven’t used Puppy in ages, Its makes the test list. … I’m not putting ubuntu on the list until I get consensus on a version.
> I use vlc as a media player as it's simply, well behaved, and seems to
> play just about everything.
+ 1
>
> Thunderbird should do IMAP and iCal OK, I believe. It certainly does the
> former, I've not used the latter.
>
+1
> Gordon.
>
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