[Coco] OT: Which Linux Distro?

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 24 July 2007, Bob Devries wrote:
>Gentlemen,
>I have a Compaq Armada 1500c Laptop
>.
>It has 64MB RAM, and a ~366MHz Celeron processor and 12GB hard disk and a
>CDROM drive. I also use a Belkin Wireless Network (802.11g) card in it. It
>is model #FSD7010.

The 64 megs of ram might be a problem, Bob, and will certainly be one for the 
x window system if you use a graphical install, however once its installed, 
it might work fairly well.

>Which Linux Distro would be best to use? I know about DSL (Damn Small
>Linux), but are there others which will install and run in such a small
>footprint?
>
>I consulted miss Google, and she showed me a page where someone installed
>Debian, but the doc was dated 1999, and Debian was at kernel 2.3.
>
>Tips, suggestions?
>No, No, not the "Toss it in the bin" suggestion....

I'd start with a cd burnt with ubuntu-7.04 & see how far you can get.

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