Re: [OS:N:] Re: OLPC

On Jan 13, 2008 4:18 AM, M. Fioretti <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 00:42:47 AM -0600, Robert Citek ([email protected]) wrote:
>
> > What's your minimum spec for a refurbished computer?
>
> Practically, this means that it must be able to manage opendocument
> files, HTML 4 websites with Javascript, IMAP email with digital
> signatures and a couple more things which escape me know (LateX or
> lynx aren't going to be useful to non-geeks). And must do all this
> with a Linux distro whose community tolerates newbies, is active, has
> has many docs as possible and is actively maintained.

You can do all that with Firefox and a gmail account.  If the hardware
you can use supports KDE, I'd go with Kubuntu.  If not, then probably
go with Xubuntu and then add Firefox.  The Ubuntu forums are very
newbie friendly.

Regards,
- Robert

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