Re: linux on old laptop

From: Craig Orsinger (nospam.cjorsinger_at_earthlink_net.invalid)
Date: 08/25/03 

Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:38:50 GMT

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:47:40 -0700, Supoman wrote:

> "eKa" <doi@bigpond.net.au> [break]
> wrote in message news:<iRZ1b.59237$bo1.41296@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
>> Hi,
>> I just got a laptop, which probably about 4-5 years old, it a Toshiba
>> satellite pro with P133MMX(not sure tho), 4mb of RAM, 4GB HD.
>> Can anyone suggest what distro would run smoothly in this machine, a
>> graphical desktop would be nicer, doesnt have to be fancy tho.
>> Thanks...
>
> I have a satelite pro Pent 200MMX. 32MB ram. I just installed Red Hat
> 9 but was very selective with the install options. It still is a bit
> slow though.
> No gnome or KDE. I built wmaker on it and am using Mozilla
> Firelbird.(which is one of the new thinner distributions of the
> browser). It did ok with Turbo linux and Windowmaker though. I would
> recommend upgrading the memory though. That's my next step. I don't
> think it's the fact that it's

        For a system with 32MB or RAM, XFCE is another viable
choice for a desktop.

http://www.xfce.org/

        I've used it as the desktop on NEC Versa's with
32MB of RAM. I've never tried it with a 16MB system. It
might work if your display is only VGA.

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