I recently asked a similar question and was given a few different distros to
try and now a have many more then a few! To run on a system like the one you
told of, I would try feather or puppy linux. My favorite small dostro is puppy,
easy to use looks cool. But whichever one you have the most run with and works
best for you is always the best. Also try D*mn small linux (DSL) It needs about
120Mb to run the xwindow but it soubds like it should work on the system you
have.
Hope that helps
Good luck
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] recommendations for an old laptop?
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 03:05:50AM +0000, spencex333 wrote:
> I have a NEC Versa 6230 with 130 megs of RAM and a 3 gig hard drive.
> Right now it is running Windows 2000.
>
> I'm wondering if I would see a speed improvement with Linux. I only
> want to use the machine as a wireless internet device.
>
> I tried to install Ubuntu 7.04 but continued to get an i/o error at
> bootup. Then I read somewhere that Ubuntu is a bit bloated. So I'd be
> grateful for recommendation for a Linux light that is easy for a
> newbie to install.
Vector *might* fit the bill. It was originally intended to run on older
hardware. It's pretty newcomer friendly friendly.
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