[leglug-users] Running Linux on old PCs

[Abdallah Deeb]

Hello Imad,

Glad you found my email :)
I'm forwarding your email to the Lebanese Linux Users Group to get
their opinion on the matter. This way you'll have more hands working
on your solution.

Best Regards,

On 8/3/07, Imad Sleiman <sleimani at un.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Mr. Deeb,
>
> It was nice meeting you, and I hope I will have the chance to meet  with you
> soon. As I explained to you on the phone, ESCWA has some old PCs (PT-III,
> 128 MB RAM, 6GB to 20 GB HDD) it wants to distribute for the purpose of
> community development in rural areas of Lebanon. The PCs will have
> open-source software installed. However, most of the popular Linux OS
> require a minimum of 256 MB RAM such as UBUNTU and SUSE. I have found one OS
> that runs confortably on ESCWA's old systems and is called Puppy Linux. I
> have made some preliminary tests and appeared suitable for most general
> purpose applications. However, I was not able to run Arabic.
>
> Could you direct me to Linux versions that run on older systems and have
> Arabic interfaces or are Arabic enabled?
>
> I would appreciate hearing from you soon.
>
> Best regards
> Imad Sleiman


-- 
Abdallah Deeb