I believe this is what vector linux is really good for.  Unfortunately
it's a slack derivative.

On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 11:56:39AM -0600, Craig McLean wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> So I have an older laptop.  Specs are
> 
> Pentium 100
> 24 MB RAM
> 740 MB Hard Drive
> 800x600 Display 256 Colours
> I have a Megahertz Combo Ethernet, and Hardware Modem Card for it.
> 
> No USB but it does have PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard, Parallel Port and Serial
> Port on it.
> 
> So does anybody know of a linux distro that has relatively modern software
> that would fit on a system like this?  I know slackware would be good but
> I'm not really into BSD style init systems.
> 
> I've toyed with going into the SUSE install with a razor, or compiling
> Gentoo off target.
> 
> Can anybody recommend any other ready made small distributions that might
> work.
> 
> Some things I'd like
> X Windows TWM window manager would be fine
> SysV init system
> Relatively up to date compiler tool chain and libraries.
> 
> 

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