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Title: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: Starrunner on March 13, 2007, 04:42:15 AM

I have an IBM I Series ThinkPad running at 300 Mhz with 128MB of RAM.  It is currently running Winhos 98.  I am thinking of making it my first experiemnt into the world of Linux.  Anyone have a suggestion on what version of Linux I can convince the beast to run?  Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: ArthurII on March 13, 2007, 05:51:49 AM

Damn Small Linux will run on this configuration; check them out at damnsmalllinux.org

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: rkauer on March 13, 2007, 06:03:52 AM

If you have a not too small hd, install Linux a copy of Amithlon.

If you have a copy, of course. :eureka:

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: coldfish on March 13, 2007, 07:11:09 AM

Damn Small Linux, +1

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: Starrunner on March 13, 2007, 01:25:56 PM

Alright cool.  That is something good to know as I was at a loss as to what to try.  Anyone else has suggestions that would be great.  For the fun of it, once I get down to it, I'll let you know if I nuke the thing or not.

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: Colani1200 on March 13, 2007, 02:13:53 PM

You also might give Xubuntu (http://www.xubuntu.org) a try. It will probably be slower than DSL, but maybe it's usable.

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: Tomas on March 13, 2007, 02:17:51 PM

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I have an IBM I Series ThinkPad running at 300 Mhz with 128MB of RAM. It is currently running Winhos 98. I am thinking of making it my first experiemnt into the world of Linux. Anyone have a suggestion on what version of Linux I can convince the beast to run? Thank you in advance.

A debian based distro using a lightweight window manager like xfce4 or similar. KDE and GNOME will use too much ram in my opinion.
My favorite debian based distro is ubuntu.

Title: Re: Linux and my old laptop
Post by: issarad on March 14, 2007, 06:59:29 AM

I'd offer Puppy Linux as a great distro to try on the laptop.  Or as others have offered, Damn Small Linux, which would be my second choice.  Both are fantastic distros for older pc's.