[wplug] Suggested older notebook distro for noob?

[Bryon Gill]

Installing debian from floppies then running apt-get dist-upgrade could 
work; this is what I did with my 200mhz thinkpad.  I ran blackbox as the 
window manager, but kde2 was surprisingly ok with 96M of memory.  Not sure 
it would do so well with under 64 though.



On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Drew from Zhrodague wrote:

> > 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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