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Joined: May 06, 2008
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Posted Jun 29, 2008 at 10:43:02 PM
Subject: What distro for an old laptop?

My friend wants a laptop for her birthday, so I'm thinking of grabbing a really old laptop of mine and sticking a linux distro on it. What linux distro is good for a small HDD/Processor? I'm thinking of Damn Small Linux, but I don't want it to run like crap. I'm extremely new to linux so I've barely tried any distros.

Thanks for any replies.
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Posted: Jun 30, 2008 1:26:57 AM
Subject: What distro for an old laptop?

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Kiski
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Posted: Jun 30, 2008 2:17:36 AM
Subject: What distro for an old laptop?

Damn Small works quite well on old hardware (once configured properly, I had some trouble initially on my old craptop), though you might have some luck with Xubuntu.
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Bob
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Posted: Jun 30, 2008 10:09:57 PM
Subject: What distro for an old laptop?

Xubuntu would be good. Also Vector or Puppy linux. Puppy may provide the easiest OOTB configuration, while Xubuntu would have the largest repository and community support. Vector is slightly faster than Xubuntu, in my experience. Whatever you choose, consider Xvesa if you have problems with your graphics.

DSL is great for a light PC, but the software repository is very limited. If you want software beyond that, you'll have to do a lot of work since it has a minimal configuration (2.4 kernel, need extras to compile from source, etc.). It's handy, but less easily set up as a full desktop environment for the average user.
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