[Ham-Computers] Windows Alternatives?

[Dale Miller]

I would look more at Linspire or Ubuntu or any other Debian based Distro.
Just my opinion but there easier cause most downloads can be had for 
Debain systems

Regards
Dale


Paulahkolik at aol.com wrote:

>Greetings to the list.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Suggestions, comments, ideas?
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>73 es tnx
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>Paul W5PDA/4
>Hardin County, KY
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>http://www.NanaPOD.com
>http://go.to/trisomy
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