can anybody recommend a distro for an old AST ASCENTIA P series laptop (P166MMX, 32 MB RAM 3Gb HDD)? i would prefere something wich has a make command not like dsl, so i can add some software from sources ( like wireless drivers).
Thank you

Slackware. And check these sites for information about laptops...
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html

I run Slackware on a Toshiba Libretto (P MMX, 166 MHz, 64 MB RAM) without problems. As windowmanager I use WindowLab or Fluxbox. It works quite good. Of course programs need a little bit to start but programs like mozilla, firefox, gaim, mplayer work quite good. I am able to watch DIVX/MPEG4-videos in 800x600 with mplayer, compiled for this machine and the avi-files ripped with a bitrate of 400. The CPU then runs with 80 to 85 % and the temperature is about 75 degrees. No problem at all.

It should be possible to run Slackware with 32 MB RAM, just try it.

And with kernel-headers and -sources installed I can compile every software from source (it takes some time, but it is possible).

So far,

Fluxx.

I've had little problem with vector linux on my AST Ascentia 950N, 75mhz, 16mb ram.