[nflug] Linux for a (very) old notebook

[Eric Benoit]

hmmm... I had no problem installing debian on the exact hardware only it 
was a winbook XFCE ran very well on it  ...can't remember if it was 
sarge or etch


K O wrote:
> My first thought - Puppy Linux.  It's one of those live distros that 
> fits (or at least used to fit) on one of those business card sized 
> CDs.  I think there are provisions for HDD installation, and it may 
> have a 2.6 kernel by now.  Otherwise I'd recommend looking for a 
> distro with a minimalistic GUI like After Step or XFCE (the Windows 
> Explorer like shell, I believe).
>
> Joe pisze:
>> Hi.  I just got a cheap notebook - very old.  It's a Celeron running Win
>> 98 (until I convert it to Linux - hopefully.)  (Sony Vaio PCG-N505VE
>> 333MHz, 128MB Ram, 6GB HDD).
>>
>> My old desktop is still working fine with Mandrake 9.1 and I have
>> kubuntu gutsy on my recent notebook, so those are the distros I am
>> familiar with (both use kde).
>>
>> This "new" notebook can't handle a latest-greatest distro.
>>
>> What distro(s) would be a good match for this oldie?
>>
>> I plan to use it primarily for writing text documents with OOo writer
>> and for web browsing with Firefox.
>>
>> Any ideas appreciated - especially about which distros might do the best
>> job of hardware detection.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Joe
>>
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