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Dale wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
on
> my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I
> don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with
> a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install
> distro that has KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want
something
> easy because I want to install and leave it be until he can get a new
> rig built. Then I'll be installing Gentoo for a more permanent
install.
>
> I looked at Kubuntu, Ubuntu and tried to install Mandriva. Mandriva
got
> to a point and just froze up on me. I tried three times and it did the
> same thing each time so no clue what is going on there.
>
> Ideas?
You can try Mepis and Pardus :
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mepis
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pardus
Download pages
http://www.mepis.org/get-mepis
http://www.pardus.org.tr/en/pardus/indir/