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.

Here's a suggestion: DO NOT USE X. If you are going to run Linux, DO NOT USE X ON IT. If this doesn't seem usable for you, there's always Windows 2000 ... :P
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