rh 7.3 instalation

[Howard Gibson]

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:12:34 -0500
Chris Aitken <aitken-BwLjziHGQLusTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Pretty mundane reasons: I have a slow connection so downloading is a drag, I
> happen to have rh7.3 disks, sound is already compiled into the kernel, Netscape
> is included, I have the rh8.0 disks so I can upgrade if I want OO and other
> bells & whistles. Redhat is more of a multimedia system than 8.0. It's fat
> enough to have goodies, but not fat enough that it runs slowly...
> 
> Chris

   It sort of sounds like Linux is an ideal system to be installed on an old, slow computer.  Unfortuntately, this is not possible unless you are a skilled Linux user.  I have Red Hat 8 running on an old laptop, and I have it working fine.  I use FVWM instead of Gnome or KDE.  I have to use OO because I am working with a bunch of Windows users and a couple of Mac users.  Otherwise, I would work around that too by running Tex/LaTeX.  Gnumeric is adequate for a lot of spreadsheet work. 

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