On 10/04/10 13:49, Benjamin Ashton wrote:
> Hi,
> My wife's laptop, currently running XP, has got a bit silly as of 
> late, which has given me the excuse/permission to put Linux on it.  It 
> only has 512 RAM.  Could anyone suggest a distro that doesn't keep 
> using the hard disk for swap but would also make an easy transition 
> from XP.  Would Gnome or Xfce be better?
Xubuntu?
> It would also have to have a word-processor that could open Word files 
> (so, I presume, must have Open Office - does Xfce allow for Open 
> Office?), photos and music.
No problem there (re. Open Office) as far as I know.
Sean
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