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A Newbie's Guide To A Lo-Fat Linux Desktop

Posted by Hemos on from the lean-and-mean dept.

A reader writes:"This article is what I needed a few years ago, when I first started playing with Linux. It's about building a fast and usable desktop using software that doesn't need a squillion horsepower." Good article if you are putting together an older machine to run as a dedicated box, or what to cobble together a terminal with spare parts.

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  1. okay... by minusthink · · Score: 0, Troll

    so somebody writes a small page explaining why they like a certain WM over another, some text editor over the other, and so forth, and it gets posted to slashdot?

    If I write a paragraph or two saying why Captain Crunch is my favorite cereal, should I submit it? because I can.

    let me know.

    --
    "when life gets complicated, I like to take a nap in a tree and wait for dinner" - Hobbes.
  2. Re: Moz doesn't count... by drsquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why the hell do you need a spell-checker? Can you not afford a dictionary or something?