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Low Resource Distro and Window Manager for Kids?

Posted by Cliff on from the finding-a-better-place-for-your-low-end-machine dept.

Philljd asks: "Computers 4 Kids is an organization run by the IT &amp ;CS department of Wollongong University in Australia that picks up computers from the local area, installs Linux on them and gives them to needy kids. We want to know what Slashdot readers think would be the best choice of distribution and window manager for an average system spec of a Pentium 100, given that the kids are around 10-13."

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  1. Re:How about Windows 95? by rekrutacja · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I must agree. Skilled linux profesional after several hours of work installed debian with vm on my old pentium 100, with 1gb disc space avalaible. That was horrible in use (comparing to my mandrake/kde desktop) and slow.
    Wind 95 was definitly better. Lot of programs (check your old magazines with free cd), games etc.
    In this case one thing is particularly important - we got much more educational software for win95.

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