Distro recommendations for an older system

NeoChaosX · 06-16-2005, 06:49 PM

Okay, here's my dilemma. I have an 6-year-old Sony Vaio system with the following specs:

- 466 MHz Intel Celeron
- 64 MB of SDRAM
- 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Now, I'm thinking of reviving this thing into a simple Linux-powered web-browsing terminal. Do any of you have any recommendations on what distro to run on a decrepid system like this? I want this to be graphical, but I know I can't run KDE or GNOME on a system like this, so the distro being based around something light like XFCE or Fluxbox would be great.

trickykid · 06-16-2005, 06:50 PM

Any distro would work if you limit the graphical interface to a lighter desktop like you plan to do.. fluxbox would probably run perfectly on it.

rkettle · 06-16-2005, 06:51 PM

loads of distros you can use.... just choose a light-weight window manager... you named some yourself, so any distro with light WM and abi word and other light-weight apps.

ctkroeker · 06-16-2005, 07:14 PM

I have been sugusting DSL to simila questions and I'll do the same to you. Lightweight, reliable, only 50MB, has webrowser and texeditor, fast, all you need.

rkettle · 06-16-2005, 07:15 PM

yup DSL is good and looks good too

NeoChaosX · 06-16-2005, 10:38 PM

DSL worked on the old relic. Got it installed and working in less than 15 minutes on it. Thanks for all the suggestions.