Really, you'll need something along the lines of Gentoo. I'd install Xfce without Thunar then setup rox-filer. The Edimax wireless card is probably the best option, as it has a RaLink chipset.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Simon Royal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > I am not sure if I have asked this on here, but I am looking for a > lightweight distro to run on a ThinkPad 600. It is a 300Mhz with 160MB of > RAM. It originally had Mandriva 2008 on it but it was just too slow. > I would like a Ubuntu based distro, purely because of the software > repositories and hardware support. > I have tried Xubuntu and it was too slow. I have tried Fluxbuntu and it was > rubbish. I have tried WattOS, but it was too slow. Im now downloading > CrunchBang to see how that goes. These are all running of a live CD, so a > proper install would have run better. > I tried Damn Small Linux Not earlier today, but am having problems getting > my Buffalo wireless card working under ndiswrapper. > So, can anyone recommend a good lightweight distro with Firefox and Flash > support that will run comfortably on this hardware. > I have a number of wireless options: > A Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A PCMCIA card (which works with restricted drivers in > Ubuntu)An Edimax EW-7108P PCMCIA card.A Pluscom/ZyDas ZD1211B USB stickAn > Asus WL-167G USB stick. > Please can anyone recommend a good distro. > > Simon Royal > > --- Catch me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal or Skype: > Simon-Royal > > > _________________________________________________________________ > We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us > now > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
