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I need to install it on mom and dad's PC. The PC specs: celeron 2.4ghz, 256 ram, geforce 64mb 80GB HDD. need a distro with easy GUI so they don't make me go their place every time something is messed up
The PC's cd-rom is broken - i need something that I can install through usb stick. Looking for a distro that's very thrifty when it comes to RAM usage. thanks!
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XP, great GUI.
If they're only doing "average" tasks why bother making it harder for them?
You can also remotely support pretty easily (I don't know how hard/easy it is with Linux distros).
TBH, i think they need an upgrade. Even just to one of those $800 piece of crap laptops.
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yes they need upgrade but for them spending money on PCs sounds weird... Actually they are on XP in the moment.. so how can I remotely support them ?
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What OS are you running?
If your on Windows, it comes with a Remote support tool, but you can get teamviewer to connect a lot more easily.
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PuppyLinux or Damn Small Linux
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The 2 stated above me, or Xubuntu.
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Try Knoppix or Puppy Linux. They barely take anything to run.
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One that takes the least i'd have to say Slitaz.