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I'm a first time user to linux, and I'd like to know: what distro and version of Linux should I use?
The computer has a 4gb hard-drive, some low amunt of SDRAM (20mb?), and about a 95 watt power supply. I don't know much else about it besides the fact that it's got Windows 2000 and it's sloooow. I'd like to have a distro & version that isn't too ancient so that all I have is a command prompt, but I doubt it can run the newest versions of anything nowadays. thanks
this question has been asked thousands of times.
everyone will recoemnd their own favorate.
i woudl say that your computer is ample to run teh newest version of just about any distro but not KDE or Gnome (the 2 populiar desktop enviroments...)
try http://distrowatch.com/
to give you ideas..
you shoudl be ok witth a minimal graphical system running XFCE or fluxbox.
20 MB RAM is very small. If you have 32 MB you might try DamnSmallLinux. If you have 64Mb, you might try PuppyLinux. I don't know what works with less than 32 MB of RAM (maybe ZenWalk?).
20MB can't be correct - at least it would be a very odd amount. I'm not even shure if that is enough to boot win2000 (256 still sucks).
Ask around if you can get sd-rams from someone.
You can and should run a recent distribution, but you need a minimal graphical system.
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Which Distro & Version for an old Win 2000 pc?
