On Thursday 11 September 2014 10:07:11 Joseph Bennie wrote:
> I had a relatives Dell Inspiron 1300 in for "cleaning" few days ago and it
> reminded me that there are users out there with adequate hard ware - that
> just need
>
> a understandable desktop - without 3D fanfare and indexed searching
> widgets (i.e. no resources sucking frills that would tax an aged/slow 2.5"
> 5000rpm hard drive / bog standard hardware) core business apps i.e.
> LibreOffice 4.3.x
> a fully functioning version of firefox with flash and java compatibility
> a PDF reader
> a good media player.
> a solid imap mail client
> a usable ical compat calendar
>
> also its not really enterprise class (more good enough), it doesn’t need to
> be updated every 4 hrs and its available in 32bit version on an easy to
> install CD rom. Most importantly Its aimed at an average skilled person
> i.e. a skilled plumber, rather than a science graduate.
>
> after 10 years - has anyone settled on a distro(s) / distro version that
> tick this box/ out of the box?
This has just been drawn to my attention. I haven't tried it, but it seems to
tick a lot of the boxes and might be worth a look. It is Debian based with
TDE 3.5.13.2 as default desktop.
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08592
Lisi
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