I am using a second-hand laptop "Toshiba Satellite 300CDT" . I successfully installed SuSE Linux
7.0 on it (not really a recent distrib, but more recent than the hardware ...).
KDE works o.k., but slowly (the CPU runs 166MHz and I only have 48Mb of RAM).
I did not try to install StarOffice because according to the documentation, 64Mb RAM is a
minimum.

Is that true?

Does anybody know
- where I can find additional memory chips to reach at least 64MB
- how I can recognize used memory chips as compatible with that old Toshiba laptop
?

One more question: This laptop does even not support 16bit sound drivers (the sound chip
is 8bit only). An USB 1 connector is there. Can buying a USB-connected soundcard be the
solution?

hi,
with 48Mb RAM, forget StarOffice (and btw, take a look at OpenOffice, not SO), you really shouldnt be lookin at running KDE either.

i cant answer about your later queries ... sorry.

Most of the memory selling websites will have a way for you to determine what type of memory you need... Either a series of choices, or an e-mail eddress to contact. Find "Toshiba Satellite 300CDT" in there configurator, and it will tell you what type you need, and how much it can take.