Re: Linux distro for and older laptop?

Jerry Owens <jrowens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have an older IBM Think Pad that I would like to load linux on. I
> wanted to know if anyone had a distribution they would recommend for an
> older machine, or if I should just install a stripped down mainstream
> distro such as Red Hat? The machine is a Pentium 2, 233mhz with 64MB of
> RAM and a 4GB hard drive.

Quadruple that RAM, and you can be happy with any distribution
whatsoever. (SODIMMs don't cost that much.)


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