Re: Linux for 486-75 class thinkpad

From: Chuck Bridgeland (gn32900_at_news-central.giganews.com)
Date: 01/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 07:32:18 -0600

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 07:31:08 GMT, Bob <bobnospam1@softhome.net> wrote:

> I've got an IBM 701C "butterfly" thinkpad computer which I would
> like to use for web browsing, email, and usenet access. Currently
> it runs win95 and is very slow. I was thinking of installing
> Linux after having read that it would give much better
> performance for the processor. However, after downloading
> vectorlinux, which I had read was a good optimized version, I
> read some of the discussions about it which suggested that it was
> only acceptable using 233 MHz pentiums.
>
> Is there a linux version people would recommend for this usage on
> a 75MHz 486 laptop?

Debian. Use something like Windowmaker for a GUI. Try and get more RAM for
it. 

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