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    Distro help

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Necromancer90, Feb 26, 2009.

  1. Necromancer90

    Necromancer90 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a friend who has a old computer running...um..I believe Windows 98, but I'm not sure. Anyways I got another old computer and took some parts, and upgraded the hardware.
    As of now the tech specs are...
    Pentium II CPU at 400MHz
    512MB of Ram DDR
    I can't remember on the top of my head what the FSB and memory bus speeds were, but they were pretty low as to be imagined.
    I also installed another harddrive to run Linux on.

    After searching around for Linux distros, I noticed that it looks like the CPU is probably the bottleneck of the computer, but once again I'm not sure.
    My friend would mostly use Linux for papers, he wont have access to online so that wont be important.
    So what type of distro would you recommend?
    As of now Xubuntu looks the best, but I just want to know what you guys would run in my position.
    Thanks.
     
    Necromancer90, Feb 26, 2009
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  2. Tinselworm

    Tinselworm Notebook Deity

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    Xubuntu FTW
     
    Tinselworm, Feb 26, 2009
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  3. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    Debian configured to the way you want(i.e with XFCE, Fluxbox, or another minimal Window manager or desktop).
    Xubuntu
    Dam small Linux(DSL)
    Puppy
     
    The Fire Snake, Feb 26, 2009
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  4. proxima_centauri

    proxima_centauri Notebook Consultant

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    CrunchBang Linux
     
    proxima_centauri, Feb 26, 2009
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  5. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    MEPIS Antix (debian based)
     
    theZoid, Feb 26, 2009
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Fedora (GNOME) or Arch Linux are good choices.
     
    Bog, Feb 26, 2009
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