Linux for ThinkPad i1300 with 128 MB RAM

I have an old laptop with only 128 MB RAM and 10 GB hard drive. I want
to run Linux + X on it. Now, I have been reading a little bit and I
have come up with a list of suitable distros and desktops/WMs.

Distros: Vector, Puppy, DamnSmallLinux, Arch, Xubuntu, Slackware, Elive

Desktops: Xfce, Enlightenment, OpenBox, IceWM, WindowMaker, fluxbox,
blackbox

Gnome and KDE are too heavy for 128 MB RAM. But I would still like to
be able to run the odd KDE or Gnome application or two once in a while.
I am told that for instance Xfce allows that.

Now! Which of these distros and desktops would you prefer, and why? Are
there other alternatives?

I guess that choice of distribution isn't as important as the choice of
desktop. I can always disable whatever services a distro might have
running as default.

/David

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