I am brand spankin' new to Linux.

A friend just gave me his old Compaq Presario 5441 (AMD K6, 64MB of ram, 4.3GB HD). Does anyone have any suggestions as to which distribution would work best for me?

I am wanting to use this as a computer for my kids. It will more than likely not be connected to the internet. It would mainly be used for playing kids' educational games. The oldest kid is 3 1/2 - so a command line interface would be completely out of the question.

Is this computer too old?

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I want to try Linux any way it goes. I currently have an HP Pavillion 503n (Celeron 1.7, 640MB of ram) with XP Pro on it [and a crap-load of programs]. Would it be better to throw in the towel on the older computer, install the kids' games in XP, and dual-boot Linux (to try it out -- b/c I am not ready for a wholesale changeover)?

BeaFanatIX for the old one, and by all means, try a dual boot on your own.

thanks rickh.

i'm downloading bfx now - can't wait to try it.

i actually sold my friend his new pc. i think the old one is pretty virused-out, so a fresh start is in order - this gives me the perfect opportunity to try linux w/o my wife complaining about me "doing too much" with this computer.

Don't forget ... When you first get it booted up, you're running from the cd, not the hard drive. You have to go to a seconary menu to install it on the hard drive. Also, this is a very minimal Linux desktop. First order of business will be to learn how to install new programs. Read thru the documentation on the BeaFanatIX home page.