If you're looking for just email and word processing, most distributions should do. Vector Linux is very lightweight and easy to install and has your basic programs. Personally I'd use Gentoo since it's extremely customizable. I'm not very familiar with Ubuntu but how can a CD install be over 15 Gigs? Unless you're downloading a ton of packages, any distribution install shouldn't be more than a few gigs and anything over 2 Gigs, I consider cluttered. ----- Original message ----- From: "Steve" <k0sdh at visi.com> To: "TCLUG reflector" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:06:31 -0600 Subject: [tclug-list] Small Linux Distro Need Help, The "Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly" organization in the Twin Cities area helps older people live an interesting life, especially those whose spouses/significant others are deceased. It is primarily a non-profit supported by contributions of money and time by volunteer helpers/workers. You may or maynot be familiar; sorry for verbage if you are. O.K. they replaced all the office computers recently and now have a dozen or so which they would like to place in elder/client homes for their use. I have volunteered to erase all office data on hard drive and install email and word processing software. Now we are getting to the problem; the computers have MS Windows 2000 Pro as OS and most have only 15 gig hard drives (a couple only have 2 gig drives - those probably won't be used). The boxes are password protected and the pw's are not always available. So my thinking is to reformat & install Linux (my experience is quite limited). I have downloaded Ubuntu 5.10 at home, wrote to a CD and installed on a box. It works great but required considerably more than 15 gigs. Is the a Linux distro plus email and word processor which can be put into approx 10 or 12 gig drive space?? BTW - if you happen to be available during business hours Mon - Fri, you are welcome to help with project. Thanks, Steve -- Jeni & Steve's address now is aa0p at arrl.net _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list