[Tfug] which linux for really old laptop

[Tyler Nienhouse]

I've heard puppy linux is good.

--Tyler Nienhouse

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 02:45, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:

> Jeffrey Clark wrote:
>
>> it's an ibm thinkpad with the following specs:
>>
>>    * celeron 550 mhz
>>    * 48 mb ram
>>    * 5 gb hard drive
>>
>>  I'm pretty sure that 48mb of ram is the downfall for Ubuntu. I'd
> definitely look at using Damn Small Linux or a similar small-footprint
> version. Regardless of the distro tho, much modern software (Firefox, etc)
> will have a hard time fitting in smaller memory reqs, but best of luck!
>
> C
>
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