Another good one that I installed on an older laptop
is VectorLinux (www.vectorlinux.com). Its based on
Slackware 9.1 I believe and runs exceptionally fast
on older hardware. The Vector 4.0 comes with IceWM
natively and the SOHO gives you all the eyecandy
options (KDE 3.1 and extras). Only issue is that it
is a source based distro so installing additional
apps will require compiling. I will tell you that
this distro runs very, Very, VERY fast on my older
hardware (think P100's). Just another option for
you to be aware of. And I agree with Robin, Mepis
is also an excellent distro. I installed it on one
of my systems last night and have been very happy
with the experience thus far.
PeACE
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Wright <t.wright1@mindspring.com>
Date: Monday, December 1, 2003 10:45 pm
Subject: [SLUG] Linux Distro for Cheapie Acer PC
> My girlfriend's Windows 98 had the digital equivalent to a stroke,
> and I ran
> out of cusswords trying to re-install that OS from the CD-ROM. The
> computer
> is an Acer Aspire with an AMD i586 or i686 processor (K6?), 32Meg
> of RAM and
> a single expansion slot used by a winmodem. I successfully
> installed DOS 5.0,
> which tells me that the hardware is more or less OK.
>
> It generated kernal panics when I tried installing Caldera
> eDesktop 2.4, so I
> tried Red Hat 7.1. The install was about 98% done when Anaconda
> generated a
> couple of error messages, then the system terminated. I wasn't
> watching the
> monitor when it went south. A copy of the dump is attached for
> what it's
> worth. The machine won't boot into Linux, although it goes into
> DOS without a
> hitch. I suspect the Red Hat install is DOA.
>
> What is a good "lightweight" distribution for a cheapie machine
> like this?
> All it really needs to do is run KMail, a web browser, Pixie, and
> some simple
> multimedia apps. Xandros comes to mind, but there may be a simpler
> way out.
> Suggestions?
>
>
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