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Old 05-05-2009
Choosing a distribution for old 128MB Notebook
Well, the title says most of it - I have an old IBM Thinkpad 600X with 128MB ram and want to use it mostly as a netbook - web browsing, lite text editing and the like.

I've tried a few distributions, but they all seem to choke on my limited memory.

Before I download and burn another bunch of ISOs I figured I'd check here = any suggestions greaty appreciated!
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Old 05-05-2009
DSL (Damn Small Linux) might do the trick
Quote:
Originally Posted by DSL FAQ
Minimum Requirements for DSL with X-Window:
  • i486
  • 24 MB RAM
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Old 05-06-2009
Apologies if this answer is too late. Another option besides the DSL above, a great distro, by the way, that should fit your requirements nicely -- is the upgraded version of DSL which is DSL-N. Another good option might be Puppy Linux.

Good luck.
 
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