Compaq Presario 1900T -- What's a good Linux distro

From: Frank Foss (fozzie_beer_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/07/04

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    Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:22:08 -0800

    My trusty old Win98 Laptop decided to crash, and I'm looking to install
    a nice little Linux version on it.

    I'm running Gentoo on my desktop, I do not really feel like compiling
    much on that Pii 400MHz, with 128M of RAM.

    Does anyone have any experience with Linux on a Presario like this?
    Power mgmt, display drivers, etc are things I expect to struggle with.
    I have a D-Link DWL-650+ Wireless card, that I hope to use.

    I'm primarily looking to build me a lean mean surfin' machine.
    Maybe DVD movies, MP3s, Sokoban, and such.
    I have other machines for doing actual work...

    I stumbled across MEPIS Linux the other day, I think that will be my
    first attempt.

    Distro suggestions welcome. Even FreeBSD.

    Foz

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