27 Dec
2011
27 Dec
'11
8:33 p.m.
Darrell Anderson wrote:
I understand where you are coming from, but wonder how many need such a
system. I just checked and Wal-Mart has brand new systems with 1 TB
disk and 3GB ram for $300. For a used system, I see a 1.7GHz P4 w/512
RAM for $25.
One problem with the PIIs is that they are being scrapped as junk. You
can't find a lot of them any more.
The other side is how many users will be satisfied with systems without
Java, JavaScript, iframes, Flash, etc?
Personally, I don't have Flash on my regular browser because it is used
90% of the time for ads that I don't want to see. I have another
browser with it for those few occasions that it's needed.
I like the command line (konsole), but many don't. I've been thinking
of going back to Lynx/Links because of all the junk put out by a lot of
web sites.
OTOH, Trinity is quite snappy on a Core2 system or even a 3GHz P4 (2005
vintage).
-- Bruce
How about
kdelibs+kdebase without arts. That gives konsole and
konqueror. What else is needed? koffice? kpdf? kmail? A couple
of apps from kdepim?
Not everything needs to be Trinity. Other apps such as FF and OO
are useful in an office environment.
Let me define TDE Light: An almost fully featured TDE that runs
*snappily* on older hardware. Key word is snappily. :)
The office machine of the 1990s used PDFs, email, and basic sound
support. Only nominal web surfing. Konqueror would suffice for
limited web surfing and is far more responsive in a native TDE than
Firefox. Although, as we have discussed here in this list, Konqy
needs serious attention to again become an enjoyable web browser.