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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 27 June 2006 14:09 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Examining options for Windows 98 users
>>>
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>>>| So while I feel your pain, I unfortunately won't be able to offer much
>>>| help to relieve that pain. You are moving ever closer to a tough
>>>| decision, do you try Linux on your existing hardware or do you break down
>>>| and buy a new computer. If you do buy a new machine, do you pay the
>>>| Microsoft Windows tax that makes you buy a copy of Microsoft Windows from
>>>| original equipment manufacturers (regardless of whether you are going to
>>>| use it or not), or do you find a machine on the secondary market and
>>>| avoid paying the tax to get Linux installed directly.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000202
>>
>> A low-end liveCD would be interesting. Something based on the 386
>> version of debian, with lightweight window manager, simple games,
>> low-end browser. Is dillo good enough? It's certainly quick! There's
>> a lot of text-mode stuff which would be fine, if people were happy with
>> it. You can probably still find netscape 4 around or even netscape 3.1,
>> but I expect that they would have security issues which remain
>> unpatched. Opera might be good, although it's not free.
>
> It's actually free, but not Free. You can download and enjoy it without any
> adverts. This transition in pricing occurred about 8 months ago, if my
> memory does not betray me. You can still get widgets, upgrades, etc. Opera
> is quick and not as resource-hungry as Mozilla Firefox. When I installed
> version 8.5 it was a drag-and-drop job, under SuSE 8.1.
>
Could be useful, then, but not open-source, which might make it a little
more difficult to put it on a livecd should any tweaking be required.
Maybe an installer might make it - there's probably one in debian
anyway...
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