Syllable?

[InTheSand]

Hi,

Might also be worth looking at DSL - it even runs on a 486 and is very usable on Pentiums in low three-digit clock speeds.

I had it going on a 486 DX2/66 with 32Mb RAM and it was pretty responsive. Loading Firefox took a while (and swapped out like nobody's business!) but it worked...

As with anything, the more RAM the better!

I often use DSL as a base to turn old machines into thin clients. Old beige Compaq Deskpros work quite well as Windows Terminal Server clients with DSL booting quickly and running X and the rdesktop client automatically...

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

Hi there!

Yup, have also used Puppy Linux - a bit more professional-looking than DSL, but had higher hardware requirements the last time I looked.

I had Puppy running on this laptop that I'm typing on now for a while, as it was the only low-spec Linux distro that'd run nicely with a Winmodem. Ah, dial-up, how I don't miss that!

As an aside, this laptop's now a great LTSP client. Absolutely flies!

But for really old hardware and a native distro, you can't beat DSL!

 - Ali