On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:22:01 +0100 Andreas von Heydwolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am fed up with Windows on a single workstation in a small non-profit > organization, used mainly for word processing and mailing. This weekend > I have to reinstall the OS, data are on a second HDD since the last > major crash so it won't be too much trouble. I intend to make it dual > boot with Debian as fallback or even soon primary OS. > > Would it make a difference in performance on the 233MHz MMX CPU and 48Mb > RAM system whether I choose potato or Woody? As long as you stay with a 2.2 kernel, it should not make a difference. Still, I'd go upgrade to woody, just to get newer packages. Note: Stay away from GNOME & KDE!!! Try a window manager like fvwm or xfce or blackbox. Sylpheed is a good, lightweight GUI email program. There's a _possibility_ that you could use WordPerfect 6.0 DOS in the Debian DOS emulator. That way, you could stay in console mode. > Is the Star Office 5.2 address book reliable enough for mail merges, or > has any other word processor (Applixware?) an address book that can be > used for mail merges? Even though I'm old enough to know what mail merge is (did it with WordStar and DataStar on a KayProII CP/M "transportable"), I couldn't tell you about SO52. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'. | ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | +------------------------------------------------------------+
