Best distro of Linux for lame hardware?

From: thundercleets_at_ no_spam_here yahoo.com (thundercleets_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: 25 Nov 2004 15:54:44 -0800

Hi,

Is there a distro out there that will work at an acceptable speed in
Xwindows on this kind of hardware?

Pentium 166 mmx
96 MB RAM
6 GB drive

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Thundercleets

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