[wplug] Suggested older notebook distro for noob?

[Drew from Zhrodague]

> Windowmaker is still kicking about, I use it on my Windows XP box with
> cygwin/X ... http://www.windowmaker.org/
> There are lots of options for installing LINUX when a CD-ROM is not
> available including over a serial connection if another PC is available.
> I guess it comes down to how limited, and how far back you're trying to
> go, as LINUX has grown the spec it needs has grown too, remember the
> days when X ran on 8MB of RAM? If you have a 486 SX-25 you're probably
> not looking to run Windows XP on it, so trying to get Fedora running on
> it would be pushing it too. I'm sure it can be done, I know Brandon P
> has had success getting LINUX booting on a 486 laptop (it had 2 MB of
> memory I believe).

	Thanks, Hardeep. Generally I do a floppy boot, and install over 
the network. Since the laptops I have are all <166Mhz, I have just thrown 
a distro on there, and use like Mozilla from one of the larger boxen in 
the house. Old laptops make great portable terminals, which is all I 
really want out of them.

	I mean -- who wouldn't want a small terminal in the kitchen?

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