> I've been thinking (oh no! everybody run! he's been thinking again!!!), > if you guys get the 1500 166's, would an embedded version of Linux be the > way to go on those? I had a 166 (died two weeks ago) and it was painfully > slow running Debian. That's where the thought of using embedded Linux came > from. It would be perfect for resource-challanged computers (486s, slow > pentiums, old laptops).
This sounds pretty good (using embedded linux on older computers). Knoppix (or even other bootcd-hosted distros like Simply GNUStep) will run on these computers as-is, given there is a functioning CDROM and a modicum of installed RAM. A flashram setup would be even slicker- maybe if HOSEF gets a donation of solid-state hard drives...
