[wplug] LInux on Older Hardware

[Richard Farina]

Gentoo and Xfce4 work great on my PII300... and I have all that you 
described and more installed.

-Rick Farina

At 10:14 PM 5/29/2005, Brad Hoover wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>I have an older laptop that I used to have Windows 98
>on but have decided to put linux on.  The machine
>specs:  Intel Celeron 333, 64 mb ram, 4 gig hd.  I
>need Open Office, X-Chat, Firefox and my wireless card
>to work, plus some window manager.  So does anyone
>have suggestions for distros and window managers
>suited for older hardware?
>
>The distrobution is important, because I am still very
>much a novice.  I really don't know what packages I
>need or don't need which is fine for my newer desktop
>but not when I want to keep that to a minimum.  Are
>there any distrobutions with a stock 'minimal'
>installation setting?
>
>Thanks,  Brad
>
>
>
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