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Originally Posted by cromag
Yes, AbiWord and Gnumeric.
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As I suspected. Open Office/Libre Office are simply too big and resource intensive for low end gear.
(And if you want to use the Base module, you have to have Java, because Java is used to create/maintain the databases. LO/OO will both let you install the Base module without Java installed, but it won't work.)
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But, no, she doesn't really use it anymore. She just finished her sophomore year at college (majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Minoring in Chinese) and needed something with (much) more "horsepower" -- and greater compatibility with her courses.
The Compaq still works, though.
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And it served well till she needed more power.
There are a fair number of people who make it something of a hobby to resurrect old hardware by turning it into Linux systems.
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Dennis