On Jan 3, 2006, at 1:37 AM, Scott Granneman wrote:

> have you looked at this distro, which is specifically for old  
> hardware & uses
> kde?
>
> VectorLinux
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=vector
>

I installed VectorLinux on the fast eMachine (2.5 GHz, 700 GM RAM).   
Very nice.  However, it does not use KDE.  One can choose from  
Fluxbox, IceWM, and XFCE, all with or without ROX-filer.  After  
playing with each, I'd have to say that I'm now leaning toward XFCE.

It does have a few bugs:

1) GSLAPT does not work.  One can click on the program icon in the  
menus, but nothing happens
2) no apt-get
3) a few other program icons don't do anything.

Otherwise, it's very nice.  I haven't had a chance to look at the  
forums, yet, to figure out if those bugs have been resolved.  Anyone  
know?

Tonight, I'll try installing it on the slow machine (500 MHz, 128 MB  
RAM) to see how the performance is.

Regards,
- Robert
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