On Thursday 16 August 2007, Warren Luebkeman wrote: > I'm trying to install Linux on an old IBM laptop. Its got a Pentium 166mhz > processor, and about 50 mb's of RAM. I installed Damn Small Linux on it, but > the 2.4 kernel does not support my PCMCIA wireless card. So, I need to find > a lightweight Linux distro with a modern Kernel.
I have an old Compaq laptop, P150, 80MB RAM, 1GB HD. DSL didn't recognize the video adapter, so I ended up putting OpenBSD on it which works pretty well. I don't have a wireless card for it so I can't address that. It runs FVWM, but that's not enough to run Firefox. If you can't find anything else you might give it a shot. --charlie > > My objective is to turn this into a simple Internet browsing/IM computer. All > I need is for my wireless card to work, and a basic window manager so I can > run Firefox and Gaim. Do you guys have an recommendations/pointers on what > distro I should try? I think my next option is to try Puppy Linux. > > Why am I doing this? Absolutely no good reason. I just think it would be > hilarious to use this old, big, clunker laptop in an Internet cafe somewhere. > It also has a nice keyboard and the battery works. Oh yeah, and it doesn't > boot off the CDROM. I had to use a boot floppy to get it to boot Damn Small > Linux. :-P > > warren l > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Farinella Appropriate Solutions, Inc. (www.AppropriateSolutions.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: 603.924.6079 fax: 603.924.8668 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
