[ncolug] Re: Henry's computer woes to end soon? further info
- From: nor thern <zboson2003@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 18:33:12 -0700 (PDT)
i will have dsl-3.0.1-embedded.zip on cd for you to load. this version runs on
top of the various
M$ products. no partioning needed. certainly one of the fine open-source
word-processor
programs can replace Word. http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
from the link:Word processor Word, StarOffice / OpenOffice Writer, 602Text,
Abiword 1) Abiword.
2) TextMaker [Prop]
3) WordPerfect.
4) Ted.
5) StarOffice / OpenOffice Writer.
6) Kword.
7) LyX.
8) Kile (KDE Integrated LaTeX Environment)
Henry Keultjes <hbkeultjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Anyone willing to work on this
project this coming Thursday?
Henry Keultjes
Mansfield Ohio USA
4189-525-1111
Mr. Knisely wrote:
> You may want to look into G4L. This is a bootable Linux dristribution
> able to copy all the data from your old HDD to a new one, bit by
> bit. If you are copying from a small to large HDD the remaining
> drive space is left as unpartitioned space. This will allow you to
> create Linux partitions and dual-boot on one drive.
>
> Mike K.
>
> Henry Keultjes wrote:
>
>> Mike:
>>
>> Th D815EEA appears to be a PIII 733MHZ with 128MB ram. If adding
>> 128 MB ram is no problem, that appears to be the best choice machine.
>>
>> The other three machines are all CA810E and appear to be PIII
>> 500MHZ. Those are the machines I would like the LUG to start
>> experimenting with for the ToyTime project loading DSL or some other
>> minimalist Debian variant as well as a minimalist KDE
>> http://www.simplekde.org/
>>
>> What if we distributed the three machines to three different people
>> and let each experiment with it on his/her own time?
>>
>> Henry
>>
>>
>>
>> I just aquired a tower with a D815EEA board
>> http://www.ciao.co.uk/Intel_Desktop_Board_D815EEA__5409583
>>
>> as well as a desktop with a CA810E
>> http://www.ciao.co.uk/Intel_Desktop_Board_CA810E__5410545 These are
>> quality machines since they were sold by MT.
>>
>> The objective is to replace the HP PII at home with whichever one of
>> these would work best and make the new system a dual boot with Debian
>> and 98SE since I have the original disks for 98SE.
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge, the whole HDD in the HP is about 4.0 gig so
>> setting up a 9-10 gig partition for 98SE should not be a problem.
>>
>> Do you have time to mess with that within the next few weeks? I will be
>> glad to pay you because I know that you are very knowledgeable with the
>> hardware stuff and will get that done right.
>>
>> You will be able to do all the work at your home. When you are ready to
>> transfer the data from the HP I will just bring the box over.
>>
>> I plan to limit 98SE use mostly to word so that Hannah and Alicia can
>> use that and
>> slowly wean them off of that, rather than going cold turkey and
>> running into all kinds
>> of excuses and resistance.
>>
>> All email and net access would be on Debian/KDE so security issues
>> with 98SE would not
>> be relevant.
>>
>> Henry Keultjes
>> Database Scientifics Project http://www.ncolug.org/ppc.htm
>> Mansfield Ohio USA
>> Voice 419-525-1111
>> Home 419-756-0527
>>
>> Please note that my business line and cell phone number are the same
>> 419-525-1111 but to
>> reach me early or late in the day, the home number 419-756-0527 is
>> still best.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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