OS for this cheap laptop??

[manuelku]

I got a laptop here's the specs, what should I use?
5gb harddrive
celeron 566
288meg ram
24x cdrom and a modem

it's a compaq with HPA (dual scan) screen.. so no gaming I think

 

[mikecel79]

Win2k Will work very well on that machine.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Dual Boot win2k and your preferred distro of linux

 

[n0cmonkey]

OpenBSD.

 

[thornc]

Better yet,
Use linux and wmware to run windows within..

 

[spyordie007]

should run just about anything (not great, but they will all run just fine)
Win 2K, XP, or as everyone was quick to point out your favorite Linux distro

-Spy

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: spyordie007
should run just about anything (not great, but they will all run just fine)
Win 2K, XP, or as everyone was quick to point out your favorite Linux distro

-Spy

Or a BSD.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: spyordie007
should run just about anything (not great, but they will all run just fine)
Win 2K, XP, or as everyone was quick to point out your favorite Linux distro

-Spy

Or a BSD.

Or QNX.

 

[civad]

Why did we miss out BEOS???

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: civad
Why did we miss out BEOS???

Because the world missed out on BeOS. They could have had the best desktop OS ever, and instead we have Windows and Mac OS X.

And Im a huge fan of Mac OS X.

 

[civad]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Because the world missed out on BeOS. They could have had the best desktop OS ever, and instead we have Windows and Mac OS X.

And Im a huge fan of Mac OS X.

hmm...
The world missed out on OS/2 also....and now maybe Mandrake ??

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: civad

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Because the world missed out on BeOS. They could have had the best desktop OS ever, and instead we have Windows and Mac OS X.

And Im a huge fan of Mac OS X.

hmm...
The world missed out on OS/2 also....and now maybe Mandrake ??

eh, mandrake's just a linux distro. it may have some special features, but it's nothing lightyears ahead - AND - it's all gpl so it can't ever just die off like beos.

and i say NetBSD

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: civad

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Because the world missed out on BeOS. They could have had the best desktop OS ever, and instead we have Windows and Mac OS X.

And Im a huge fan of Mac OS X.

hmm...
The world missed out on OS/2 also....and now maybe Mandrake ??

eh, mandrake's just a linux distro. it may have some special features, but it's nothing lightyears ahead - AND - it's all gpl so it can't ever just die off like beos.

and i say NetBSD

Exactly. Mandrake is, and I hate to say it, not a loss. BeOS was new and exciting. Mandrake was just one of many Linux distros.