[Ham-Computers] Windows Alternatives?

[Paulahkolik at aol.com]

Greetings to the list.



On behalf of a friend (not a ham....YET hi hi ;-)) I need to know what 
alternatives to Windows there is for the following PC.

Dell Optiplex GN+ 5200. 200 MHz Pentium, 32 MB ram, upgrading to at least 64 
in a couple of days. Typical usage is "routine" websurfing including going to 
sites that run Java and/or Flash games. (That run ok now on the above machine) 
email, and viewing "standard" files (JPG, DOC, MP3/WMA, PDF, WPD, etc) The 
ability to write/rewrite CDs is a must.

I'm thinking Mandrake, Damn Small Linux (sorry for the "cuss" word) Red Hat, 
or Linspire (aka Lindows) Cost is not really too big of a concern, as long as 
the recommended OS is more stable then Windows, and can be used much in the 
same way as Windows.

Suggestions, comments, ideas?

73 es tnx

Paul W5PDA/4
Hardin County, KY

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