Re: looking for linux distribution for notebook (PII, 266, 64MB)

From: Stefan Patric (tootek2_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:07:41 -0800

On Sunday 21 March 2004 04:50 am, milan pesl wrote:

> hi there,
> i´m desperately looking for a good and fast distribution for my
> laptop, which is unfortunately no the fastest anymore.
> i´m only aware of suse, but this seems abit too big for this kind of
> machine.
> i´m searching an OS which allows quick working even on alder machines.
> does something like this exist??
>
> i´m only interested in standard office applications and network.

Take a look at Gentoo Linux (www.gentoo.org). You'll get the most
optimized install for your particular system, plus its Portage utility
keeps you up-to-date. The main problem with Gentoo, however, is that
the install is via an online connection. So, if you are using dialup,
it'll take forever.

The next, best distro I'd recommend is Slackware. And instead of KDE or
GNOME for your GUI, use a lightweight window manager like IceWM or,
even better, a light GUI environment like XFce. (Both come on the
standard Slackware distro.) XFce is also 100% compatible with KDE and
GNOME apps as long as the appropriate libraries are installed. 

-- 
Stefan Patric
tootek2@yahoo.com

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