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Author:  EkO=GCHQ= [ Mon May 05, 2008 4:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Which Linux?
Got a really crappy old laptop running windows 98 or something.
Very limited resources available on it, so which would run happiest and still look pretty?
Author:  gemma=GCHQ= [ Mon May 05, 2008 5:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which Linux?
http://featherlinux.berlios.de/about.htm

I think the above may be suitable but haven't tried it myself. Other than this I would have thought any linux with a lightweight Desktop environment would work. So avoid KDE and Gnome. Feather uses fluxbox for example.
Author:  EkO=GCHQ= [ Mon May 05, 2008 5:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which Linux?
Cheers for the quick reply, even though i've been looking for the laptop in question since to find out exactly which model it is, and can't find it lol

It's in a box "somewhere" :scratch:
Author:  elbow=GCHQ= [ Tue May 06, 2008 12:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which Linux?
XFCE is your best bet for desktop environment - have a look for xubuntu, I have a friend who's running that on a cruddy old P3 desktop
Author:  TheMacOne=GCHQ= [ Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which Linux?
elbow=GCHQ= wrote:
XFCE is your best bet for desktop environment - have a look for xubuntu, I have a friend who's running that on a cruddy old P3 desktop

Memory is the biggest issue for that. 128Mb bare minimum.
Author:  LeBeourfCurtaine [ Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which Linux?
I'm running Xubuntu in a VM, Kubuntu on a tablet at work and have a couple of Ubuntu vms as well. If you're willing to learn, you could always go for command line only, it would run absolutley fine :thumbl:
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