Re: [school-discuss] recommended distro of Linux for PIII/600 MHz older PCs

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nope, this is Morris Brandon Elementary in Atlanta, GA.  If I'm ever up 
near Edmonton, I'll let you know tho'.

Daniel

glogan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I am making the assumption that this is Brandon Manitoba.  Is this correct?  If 
> so are you intere3sted in coming to Edmonton to speak to the Computer Teachers 
> conference early next spring?
>
> Quoting Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Another thing we're contemplating at Brandon when we get all new thin 
> > clients as part of the district pilot rollout of K12LTSP is to take some 
> > of the existing systems that are PIII/600 MHz or better, install a 
> > distro of Linux, and donate them to Brandon families that don't have a 
> > computer at home, or don't have one the kids can use.  Can anyone 
> > recommend a distro of Linux that would be fast enough on these older 
> > PCs, yet could still run Firefox, OpenOffice, Tuxtypes, etc. reasonably 
> > well?


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Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation