A good best low end distro for P3,128MB ram Laptop

vinnie_vinodh · 05-26-2009, 04:00 AM

Hello All
I've posted this thread before when my old p3 laptop had some critical problems ...I cant find that thread so i'm posting it again bcoz now its working .
Thank You all for the Help and Info.....

A good best (low-end)LINUX Distro for my HP omnibook which is
>p3 working at 800MHZ
>128MB ram
>20GB HDD

The apps I use specifically and primarily on it is
>Packet Tracer 5.1 for my cert exams
>pass4sure exam dumps has to run so WINE has to b running.
>Web-browsing.. a good web browser (not firefox which is mem consumimg)
to watch online vids
>play music and vids
>Some small downloads etc etc ......

Thanks In Advance to ALL

repo · 05-26-2009, 04:05 AM

puppy, dsl, tiny linux,...
Or install a minimal debian, and add what you need, just use a lightweight windowmanager.

salasi · 05-26-2009, 04:56 AM

did you mean your post here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...800mhz-702990/?

linuxlover.chaitanya · 05-26-2009, 05:19 AM

Yeah may be OP was referring to the thread that you mentioned.
There was mention of Austrumi Linux. Something I would like to recommend.
I did not find a distro that is so small and still so much to offer.
Just read on Distrowatch that some NetSecL kinda distro is out that is based on Slac and uses Xfce. Not too bad time to try it out, isn't it?

linus72 · 05-26-2009, 05:33 AM

I suggest Tinycore using the tcz extensions for low-ram
( http://www.tinycorelinux.com/concepts.html )

It runs fast on my 160MB Toshiba 7000CT and it's up-to-date; 1.4.3 just released yesterday.

vinnie_vinodh · 05-26-2009, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by salasi

did you mean your post here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...800mhz-702990/?

>>>>>>Thank You Mr.Salasi

vinnie_vinodh · 05-26-2009, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

I suggest Tinycore using the tcz extensions for low-ram
( http://www.tinycorelinux.com/concepts.html )

It runs fast on my 160MB Toshiba 7000CT and it's up-to-date; 1.4.3 just released yesterday.

tiny core is real good i've booted it from USB on my cisco academy PC ...Its too small just 10 mb and its awesome.......thanks Anyway ..