On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 11:07 +0100, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 January 2005 08:43 am, Alvin Smith wrote: > > > >> No. You need a minimum of a Pentium 233 with 64 MB RAM to have much > >> success running any GUI + Openoffice, even xfce. > > > > And realistically on the user-side, you're looking more at getting a > > machine that will run KDE with decent performance if you're trying to > > convince a Windows user. > > > For a total replacement of OS I know KDE is the only one to convince the > windows-fanatics, but that will have to wait untill he gets a faster PC. > Luckely the man who are to be convinced care more about the text editing > tools than all other details. Hopefully only this slow PC with a decent > texteditor will convince him that open-source is the best option.
If *text* editing is really the most important thing, then why not stay in console mode? vim or joe should fit the bill. > I will take Nate's advice and try with iceWM... Afterall, it doesn't hurt > to try, a slow machine with linux is better than one with windoze!! > > Thanks, best regards from Vegard > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Some former UNSCOM officials are alarmed, however. Terry Taylor, a British senior UNSCOM inspector from 1993 to 1997, says the figure of 95 percent disarmament is "complete nonsense because inspectors never learned what 100 percent was. UNSCOM found a great deal and destroyed a great deal, but we knew [Iraq's] work was continuing while we were there, and I'm sure it continues," says Mr. Taylor, now head of the Washington http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0829/p01s03-wosc.html
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