What Linux distro to use for old Intel machine, that fits on CDs?

In comp.os.linux.advocacy The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:
>> OpenOffice or Word or even Google Apps.
>
> OK, Microsoft Word, Write, Word Perfect, emacs, kate.

You forgot abiword

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The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> writes:

> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, raylopez99
> <raylopez99@yahoo.com>
> wrote
> on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:41:29 -0700 (PDT)
> <05d155f1-76b1-4ff8-8154-36df7ff760c4@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>:
>> On Jun 30, 2:31Â*pm, The Ghost In The Machine
>> <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:
>>
>>> You will have to go into more detail as to what you expect
>>> the user of that machine to do:
>>>
>>> - Browsing?
>>
>> YES
>
> OK. IE7 or Firefox. IE8 is pending, AIUI.
> Opera, Epiphany, and Galeon are also available,
> depending on OS.

Emacs.

>
>>
>>> - Email?
>>
>> YES
>
> OK. Bat, Eudora, Evolution, balsa, kmail, in no particular order.
>

Emacs

>>
>>> - Flash Gameplay (e.g., ArmorGames, Miniclip)?
>>> - Native Gameplay (e.g., Halo, UT, Quake)?
>>> - Spreadsheets?
>>
>> NO
>
> OK. Be advised disney.com requires Flash 9.
>
>>
>>> - Documentation?
>>
>> OpenOffice or Word or even Google Apps.
>
> OK, Microsoft Word, Write, Word Perfect, emacs, kate.
>

Emacs

>>
>>> - Software development?
>>> Â* * C/C++?
>>> Â* * .NET?
>>> Â* * Java?
>>> Â* * Other?
>>
>> Hell no! I doubt you can compile a decent console mode program on PII
>> without pulling out your hairs, once you're used to a modern multicore
>> machine.
>
> A point, that.

Emacs


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If you need something that will fit on a CD, get CPM. It was before
DOS, and Windows.
It works great. Lots of keyboard shortcuts. great manuals. it just
works. no graphics,
but hey, what can i say.

On Jul 2, 4:07*pm, Benjamin Gawert <bgaw...@gmx.de> wrote:
> * Psyc Geek:
>
> > use the ATARI. *you can get one for like 50 cents at a swap meet.
>
> Really? The last ATARIs I've seen weren't that cheap any more (at least
> if the condition was somewhat good) as they seem to become collector's
> items.
>
> Benjamin

i did not say WORKING ...

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Andrew Halliwell
<spike1@ponder.sky.com>
wrote
on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:22:11 +0100
<jlbtj5-le9.ln1@ponder.sky.com>:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:
>>> OpenOffice or Word or even Google Apps.
>>
>> OK, Microsoft Word, Write, Word Perfect, emacs, kate.
>
> You forgot abiword
>

So I did; there's also another one whose name escapes me,
but it has something to do with synaptics. (There is
a ksynaptics but I don't think that's a word processor.
If there's one thing I don't like about FLOSS, it's the
colorful but hard to find naming conventions. ;-) Not
that Word is much better; googling on "word" won't find
word processors.)

And of course there's humble vi, which isn't quite a word
processor but which is definitely more powerful than Wordpad,
though it may not have Wordpad's font display capabilities. ;-)

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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Psyc Geek
<psycgeeks@yahoo.com>
wrote
on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:43:37 -0700 (PDT)
<3b2ba067-7a61-4ac4-be58-9ed8e0a4b626@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>:
> If you need something that will fit on a CD, get CPM. It was before
> DOS, and Windows.
> It works great. Lots of keyboard shortcuts. great manuals. it just
> works. no graphics,
> but hey, what can i say.

Does it work on a Pentium IV? :-) There was a CP/M86 floating about at
one point.

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