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Offline StarrunnerTopic starter

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Linux and my old laptop
« 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.
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Offline ArthurII

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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2007, 05:51:49 AM »
Damn Small Linux will run on this configuration; check them out at damnsmalllinux.org
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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #2 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:

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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2007, 07:11:09 AM »
Damn Small Linux, +1
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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #4 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.
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Offline Colani1200

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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2007, 02:13:53 PM »
You also might give Xubuntu a try. It will probably be slower than DSL, but maybe it's usable.
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Offline Tomas

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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Linux and my old laptop
« Reply #7 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.
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