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Old 02-24-2004, 08:04 PM   #1
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Finally, I have a very old laptop Compaq Contura 400c with 8mb of ram and need a linux os to put on it that will be easy to use. What so you recommend
 
Old 02-24-2004, 08:11 PM   #2
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do you want to run a GUI on it???
 
Old 02-24-2004, 08:17 PM   #3
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Yes. I would like soemthing easy, even if its just for email and web browsing.

I'm a real beginner when it comes to Linux
 
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maybe deli linux???

http://delilinux.berlios.de/

what kinda cpu does that thing have???

you could also try installing a regular distro in text-mode and then putting a light window manager on it...

http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/



by the way, why'd you open this thread in the lindows section???

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maybe deli linux???

http://delilinux.berlios.de/

what kinda cpu does that thing have???

Here are the specs I could find 80486 with 8mb Ram

you could also try installing a regular distro in text-mode and then putting a light window manager on it...

http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/

Don't know how to do that and I prefer a gui system

by the way, why'd you open this thread in the lindows section???

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No idea ) Big mistake.
 
  


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