LTD Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 The gentleman that rang through my Acer Aspire One purchase got to talking with me about Linux and his interest in it. He mentioned that he's got an old Pentium 3 laptop that he was thinking of just throwing away but would rather find some use for it. All he knows is that it's a P3 with 128mb of RAM, and that it won't run XP. Any recommendations on a Linux distro that will breathe new life into this old hardware? I know that Linux Lite (Linpus) seems to be one option. Perhaps Damn Small Linux, but I think that's a bit too light. All he wants to be able to do is email/internet and perhaps chatting. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 check out crunchbang :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'll try that, thanks! And by the way, it has to be very, very user-friendly. ;) The guy is new to Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'll try that, thanks!And by the way, it has to be very, very user-friendly. ;) The guy is new to Linux. im not sure how user friendly crunchbang is, might want to try something like xubuntu or ,like you said, linux lite (linpus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daninku Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I've created a new thread a few minutes before you to help me decide which distro should I try. The only diffeerence is that I'm running a core2duo system with 4GB of RAM and yours is a P3. I'm going to try Mint, which is a more featured Ubuntu from what I've been told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agnes Leroy Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Check out the following links and decide yourself : - http://www.puppylinux.org/ - http://www.vectorlinux.com/ - http://www.zenwalk.org/ - http://www.delilinux.org/ DeLi Linux stands for "Desktop Light" Linux. It is a Linux Distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium III or so. It's focused on desktop usage. It includes email clients, graphical web browser, an office programs with word processor and spreadsheet, and so on. A full install, including XOrg and development tools, needs not more than 750 MB of hard disc space. Don't know whether these links will help you, but check it : - http://bengross.com/smallunix.html - http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Mini_Distributions/ - Light Linux Distributions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted January 10, 2009 Member Share Posted January 10, 2009 Couldn't Puppy run on that old P3? It's been a while since I played with Puppy but I remember it as being very easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2009 Puppy is a good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadgeek9 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I use Fedora 10 with Fluxbox on my P3 with 192 MB of RAM, it seems to run pretty smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDayan Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 XP will run on a P3, (I've ran it on a P2 don't ask how Cuz IDK). But Puppy should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Thank you all for the replies. I appreciate the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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