[aclug-L] Re: Corel's Office Suite will it work?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect that it will work, albeit rather (perhaps intolerably?)
slowly.  If you have prior Linux experience, you might want to look at
a distribution that can be better tweaked for old machines, such as
Debian or Slackware.

James <pantherace13@xxxxxxxxx> writes:


> Hello,
> 
> My mom got a new laptop for cheap, and I thought it could run Corel's
> Office Suite. I went to CompUSA and found it said it required a 166+ MHz
> processor. The computer she got only has a 120MHz processor. I was
> wondering if it will work (all other requirements are met), but just run
> slower, or if it will not work at all. If it does then I can finally get
> her to use Linux, right now she uses Winblows 95, so please say someone
> found/knows a way to make it work.
> 
> James
> 
> 
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