Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:25:11 -0600
Dale<rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type.
I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig
with a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to
install distro that has KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such?
Almost any general-purpose distro out there will have those. It really
doesn't matter which one you pick so go with the one that has
wallpapers your brother likes.
Hey, seeing as the distro itself is not so relevant actually, you
might as well pick any old arbitrary differentiator. Wallpapers are as
good as any.
Thanks Alan. I'm downloading Kubuntu. I picked the CD version since I
think it will have what I need. I wanted to install Mandriva since I
have used it before and sort of know how it works but since it won't
complete the install, gotta pick something else. lol
The biggest thing is that I didn't want to have to compile a lot of
stuff. I just don't like the small heat sink the CPU has. It might be
OK for winders but compiling OOo for 12 hours may cause a heat problem.
;-) My brother has to have OOo too.
Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you
update/install something for idiots' type thing. lol
Dale
:-) :-)
