What Linux for P100 old computer?

[Axoliien]

I have been trying to set up an old P100 laptop just to have to read from while I work with my desktop, and I have tried to get several distributions of Linux to install on it. Since it has a CDROM but is not ATAPI, I use a floppy to boot from and then try to run installations. The laptop only has 32 megs of ram and a 500 meg hard disk, so small distributions would be good to use. Anyone have any ideas about what to install on it?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Slackware, Debian, SuSE, Mandrake, RedHaat, etc. Pick one, try it out. Dont like it? Try the next one.

 

[Nothinman]

Debian.

 

[Bremen]

Slackware

 

[TheWart]

I would stay away from redhat....too bloated for that system, unless you find like redhat 3.0

Go with slackware, but dont install KDE or GNOME, i guess you could try fluxbox, but I think all your going to get is a command line on that system

 

[pac1085]

I have a laptop similar to that (P120, 16M) and put OpenBSD on it. Had problems with debian and freebsd but openbsd installed and runs like a charm.

 

[Abzstrak]

peanut, it small and should work decently. I'd really say though that a P100 is too old to screw with beyond maybe being a file server of ftp server or something.

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or maybe a firewall...
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[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Abzstrak
peanut, it small and should work decently. I'd really say though that a P100 is too old to screw with beyond maybe being a file server of ftp server or something.

I guess I should get rid of half of my machines...

 

[Abzstrak]

no, I have slower machines too, but not for desktop use with a gui... they're just plain slow and more modern hardware is cheap... I just grabbed a K6-2 500 and a motherboard for $30 shipped and overclocked it to 600MHz from the sale/trade forum. I'd really suggest buying something faster (even if its still out of date) to get decent speed.

My slower machines do not use a gui though and as such are not used as desktops, but as firewalls, file servers, etc....

 

[ProviaFan]

Debian.