RE: [MLUG] Linux distro suitable for an older laptop...

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Old? That's nothing! Most any modern Linux distro should run on that!
:-)
I have Slackware 10.0 running on older hardware than that at home. I
have to admit that KDE is a bit sluggish on a P166, but my old AMD K6-2
350 runs it just fine! Now, if any one can give me hints on what to run
on my P75 laptop, that would be a good recommendation. 
For a while, I made a hobby of trying to run Linux on any thing I could
get my hands on. Since it's gone more mainstream, though, it's not been
as much fun any more. 


Shannon Spurling
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duane Hargus
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 5:33 PM
To: MLUG Members
Subject: [MLUG] Linux distro suitable for an older laptop...

Any suggestions out there for a suitable distro for an older Dell Laptop

(650mhz 128mb ram, 5 gb hdd)?  Wanting to demonstrate to some coworkers
the 
usefulness of linux.  I was thinking of just using my SUSE 9.0 install,
but 
started wondering if another flavor might be better suited to a laptop
and 
mobile use.  As it is, I can use Linux on my desktop pc's to get to 
everything except my access databases (still trying to get the program
to 
work right)...  Or am I just being anal about the matter?  just looking
for 
the pro's and con's of different distro's (i.e. pcmcia compatibility, 
netwotking, wireless, etc).

Thanks
Duane

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