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She could afford a current core-7 four way processor, but chooses to
spend money elsewhere, so I don't want to contribute cash. Over the
years she has had several failures, since the last time I tried to
help on site, I think she has gotten a newer castoff so I don't know
what she has now.<br>
<br>
The last time she had problems, she had a relative fix her computer
(re-stamp? de-virus? dunno, she is very secretive), but t hat took
2 months during which time she was not responding to emails. This
is for next time. She won't switch to a new computer I supply her
(one of my cast offs may still be better than hers), she has no room
to store an extra computer in case she might someday need it.<br>
<br>
I'm learning tricks myself, and will probably build stockpile
something myself, though I might use an official rescue disk with
recovery tools. For that I would like a "rescue disk" plus office
suite (but no database).<br>
<br>
Since my first post, I have built both 32 bit and 64 bit USB sticks
with a second FAT partition, so the USB could be booted, the failed
computers hard disk mounted, files copied to FAT, then taken to
another computer, say at work. I hadn't known you could partition a
USB stick till I tried it.<br>
<br>
I suspect her computer is old enough to not boot from USB though...
I wonder if there is a bootable floppy disk that would boot from
USB, though that's probably too complicated for her. <br>
<br>
having office suite on the cd/dvd is so that if there were some
information she needed urgently, she could look at it at least,
maybe print it. Then she could email to somewhere else, or save to
a USB.<br>
<br>
Don't want to have to teach her Google docs, sorry. she is
resistant to change.<br>
<br>
<br>
Kind of a new topic, though related...I seem to recall there is or
was a distro that you could install, customize, then build back into
a live/install CD. Any comments? Especially I'd like to build a
firewall on a bootable CD, with settings stored on a floppy or write
protected SDC card, and work files, logging on USB.<br>
<br>
<br>
--Carey<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/26/2015 04:07 PM, Carl Karsten
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<div>I'm curious about the requirements. <br>
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<div>What are the specs of the box?<br>
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<div>You 'can' run stuff on very low end equipment, but if it is
lower than this I would recommend donating the $75 cash to
this project and not burn up hours struggling a loosing
battle.<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://freegeekchicago.org/buy">http://freegeekchicago.org/buy</a><br>
Minimum Laptop Hardware Package<br>
1.60 GHz Intel Atom or better processor (or AMD equivalent)<br>
1.0 GB Random Access Memory (RAM)<br>
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<div>I happen to have next to me a 1.4ghz 2g that I use for
testing - it runs stock Ubuntu good enough.<br>
<br>
> sacrifice any relational databases, gimp and other
software that requires somebody at <br>
> least somewhat geeky to use. primary needs are office
suite<br>
<br>
office suite seems like she would want to save to local
storage, and that seems like it would drift into geeky to use
with a live CD.<br>
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<div>What about booting from usb stick, which can be a full
install with r/w and thus local storage? And gigs of space.<br>
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> and web browser(s).<br>
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which will get you google docs, which gets you "cloud storage"
for free, no geeky needed. You just sell your soul or
something. <br>
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> Other educational software would be a plus (she is a
teacher).<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/education">http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/education</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 1:07 PM,
eviljoel <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:eviljoel@linux.com" target="_blank">eviljoel@linux.com</a>></span>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey Carey,<br>
<br>
I know this is an old thread, but you might want to try
Lubuntu:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu</a><br>
<br>
You can get checksum and PGP signature information here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/15.10/release/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/15.10/release/</a><br>
<br>
Note that Lubuntu fits on a 750 MB CD which pretty much
every CD-ROM<br>
drive supports. Also note that Lubuntu won't have their
first long term<br>
support release until April.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
eviljoel<br>
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On 12/11/2015 09:55 AM, Jay F. Shachter wrote:<br>
><br>
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Carey
Tyler Schug would write on Fri Dec 11 08:38:19 2015:<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> I'm looking for the maximal experience I can
get that will boot from a<br>
>> CD not a DVD for an older computer. Assume 32
bit. This is for a<br>
>> windows friend, I know there are plenty of
minimal distributions, at<br>
>> 200 MB or less, but I want as much as will fit
on a 680 MB CD.<br>
>><br>
>> This would be for "sort of" rescue. For her to
boot from the CD, access<br>
>> the web for mail, maybe mount her hard disk and
view if not edit documents.<br>
>><br>
>> I don't know what is on current distros at
typically 1.1 GB, but I can<br>
>> certainly sacrifice any relational databases,
gimp and other software<br>
>> that requires somebody at least somewhat geeky
to use.<br>
>> primary needs are office suite and web
browser(s). Other educational<br>
>> software would be a plus (she is a teacher).<br>
>><br>
>> So far I have a slax CD at 226 MB. Maybe this
is fulfills the above, I<br>
>> haven't burned it yet.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --Carey<br>
>><br>
><br>
> I refer you to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://livecdlist.com" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank">https://livecdlist.com</a>. Take your
pick.<br>
><br>
> It's also easier than you think to burn your own
customized live CD<br>
> image.<br>
><br>
><br>
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