The Grandmother Paradox

[chabon]

On 4/23/08, Barry Roberts <blr at robertsr.us> wrote:
> If you can upgrade her memory (check DI), do it.
>
>  I would add that if you keep her on Windows, discourage use of Internet Exploder.  Even with hardware firewall and AV software, it's just an exploit waiting to happen, and I don't think you'll get any security updates for whatever the latest version is that runs on 98 (5.5?).  Delete all IE icons, and make firefox the default.
>
>  I've had vector linux running ok on 128 MB machines.  But OOo and firefox were not exactly speedy.
>
>  FWIW,
>  Barry

Definitely keep her away from IE, that's just asking for trouble.

<fanboy>
Opera might be a better choice than FF considering the small amount of RAM
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/386/
</fanboy>

Chab