Subj : Re: best distro for an older computer
To   : comp.os.linux
From : SnakeEye
Date : Wed Dec 08 2004 08:43 pm

Mike,

> Other distros commonly suggested to me for systems with low amounts of RAM 
> were:
> Debian and Vector
>
> Mutt or Pine would be appropriate email clients. For web browsing I might 
> consider Lynx. I might also try firefox for web browsing but it may not 
> work well on my system with such little RAM.
>
> Thanks for all the advice. Now I have a direction to take. Thanks!

Try damnsmalllinux (www.damnsmalllinux.org). That will do nicely. I use it 
on a P120 and P133 and both run great. Even Firefox which is included in the 
latest version. It is based on debian (knoppix), so updating is easy with 
apt-get...

David.

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