[TriLUG] small distribution for older laptop

[James Jones]

Christopher,

I used Xubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Alternate install CD on several
older pc's both desktop and laptop. It installs on systems with less
than about 256MB of RAM

jcj


On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Christopher Blackmon
<ckblackm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to get a small distribution to install on an older laptop and am
> looking for suggestions.
>
> The laptop is a Fujitsu P2120  (Transmeta Crusoe TM5800  (basically a P3), 512MB
> ram).  I'm really just looking
> for something to surf the web with, maybe run dosbox or something like that...
> but it's kinda slow,
> so anything that could make it seem snappier would be a bonus.  :-)
>
> thanks,
> Christopher.
>
>
>
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