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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 08-30-2004, 10:01 PM   #1
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Linux on old laptop


So I have a P2 233 MHz IBM Thinkpad. It has 192 MB RAM and only a 3 GB HD. (Back in the 90's this thing was pimp.) So does anyone have a suggestion for a Linux Distro? I'd like for it to be a pretty small install so I have plenty of space left.
 
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Crap browser screwed up. Hit the submit twice when I didn't see that it had posted.
 
Old 08-31-2004, 06:29 AM   #3
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I suggest you try Vector. It is a small, Slackware-based distribution that does very well on old PC's and laptops. I used to run it on my P166/48MB Thinkpad and it worked very well.


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