Distro for an old PC?

Hello again. First of all, I wish to thank jschiwal for his answer in my previous question. Now I have another problem: in my hometown, I have a really old PC (1997):
-Pentium 133MHz
-RAM 48MB
-Video(graphics) card 8KB
-HDD 6GB
For the moment it "runs" on Windows '98, and as you understand I strongly want to install linux on it. Can anybody suggests me a distro? Which is the best distro for my obsolete PC?
Thanks a lot!

Many threads about this. Use Slackware, learn Linux, enjoy the PC.
I put Slackware on my daughter's lappy. It has an AMD K-6 233Mhz,
128MB RAM (32MB for video), and a 4GB hard drive. I installed it
with about 150MB of packages. You'll have a hard time running the
X server with such little RAM, but if you do use something small like
Fluxbox.

Yep, Slackware is great for old hardware. It should run well on that machine if you avoid KDE or Gnome.

Slackware.

Try Slackware, debian, FreeBSD, damn small linux, deli linux ....

I prefer FreeBSD and debian testing myself (run it on a 166mhz, 64mb ram) , but it's up to you which distro to pick.

Note that it's way more important which applications to pick, like for example the window manager.

Here are some links that might be useful:

To set debian up:
http://users.skynet.be/six/gpure/tech/linux/debian.html

Light applications:
http://users.skynet.be/six/gpure/tech/linux/apps.html

grtz

Thanks a lot for your advice!Yesterday, one friend of mine found a distro called Vector.But I have to wait until X-mas to try it.Thanks again!

Hey mpamphs,

Slackware would be your best bet, it runs very nicely on old hardware.

Hope this helps,

Jake