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Originally Posted by theducks
Any Dialect (U,X,E) of Ubuntu runs on Optiplex, Dimension (I have a 4600). . . 512M to 1G RAM is very good
Download the Live CD's (may be DVD's now (some of that bloat I mentioned) ),
Boot each (no install needed) and try the UI for best fit 
Mint is a spin off of Ubuntu (back to the cleaner UI roots). Boot the Live CD of that for a spin.
The cost: Blank Optical media and Bandwidth to download
BTW I use the Live CD's to fix Windows
XP is not prone to virus. Users are prone to doing the questionable stuff (windows specific) virus writers love 
'Look-out' express for mail. YES!
Clicking on 'You have WON!' while browsing. (or any of thousands of other socially engineered messages.)
Visiting XXX sites (who leave you with another kind of STD )
I hear of people running XP totally bare of security SW an surviving. Not me, but I do run minimal configurations and let my Eyes avoid the traps. I also use a Text only e-mail program configuration)
3 virus in 15 years of Windows (the payload for one was delivered by...NAV checking for virus) |
I didn't know they all worked. Yeah, I'll definitely check them out. Xubuntu is cool as far as I'm concerned but it can't hurt to check out the others.
BTW I use the Live CD's to fix Windows
What did you mean by that?
Yes, definitely avoiding XXX sites. LOL
And so Outlook Express is good for email on Linux? (I read a little about it. That it works good with bare bones machines.) (But why not just use gmail or whatever I normally use, and the "html version for slow machines" if need be?)
Thx for all the good info.