Anyway to get functionality for this computer?

[NintendoTogepi]

(it's over at my friends house) I don't remember the processor's exact specs but it's not very good. 16MB of RAM. 2GB harddrive.

It's running Windows 95 but is very very glitched and slow. I got a BSOD each time I tried to start IE :confused:

Damn Small Linux is too much for this computer....how about Arch?

I just want to see as a hobby if I can get something working on it and actually functional. (not just terminal)

[RedSingularity]

Did you try Xubuntu?

[whoop]

Xubuntu won't work.

[Ozor Mox]

Xubuntu would definitely not work if DSL doesn't. My only recommendations are to use the Ubuntu alternate CD to do a command-line installation using the text-based installer. That should get you a base system on which you can install a light window manager and some lightweight apps. You could also do a Debian net install for pretty much the same effect.

The only other distribution I can think of that is lighter than DSL is Slitaz (I think I spelt that right), maybe that would work?

[RedSingularity]

Ohhh yeah, good idea, the Alternate CD might work.

[smartboyathome]

If anything will work, TinyCore Linux will. But you definately won't get a GUI working on that thing without upgrading the RAM to at least 32MBs.

[whoop]

Try INX:
http://inx.maincontent.net/index.html

[kk0sse54]

Look through this thread and you might be able to find something http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1071823 I think the lowest ram usage was around 12 MB

Edit: the actual winner was 10.8 MB http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6770107&postcount=85

[jerrrys]

do i dare say it?

http://www.vetusware.com/download/Windows%203.1/?id=3391

[Sunflower1970]

There's also Deli Linux: http://www.delilinux.org/
Wolvix: http://wolvix.org/ (might be too heavy, though...)
AntiX: http://antix.mepis.org/index.php/Main_Page

Also, check out K.Mandla's blog here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/ Recently did an experiment to use a 100mhz laptop for a week :)

[az]

(it's over at my friends house) I don't remember the processor's exact specs but it's not very good. 16MB of RAM. 2GB harddrive.

It's running Windows 95 but is very very glitched and slow. I got a BSOD each time I tried to start IE :confused:

Damn Small Linux is too much for this computer....how about Arch?

I just want to see as a hobby if I can get something working on it and actually functional. (not just terminal)

http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/

You only need the first cd to install.
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/images/3.0_r6/i386/debian-30r6-i386-binary-1_NONUS.iso

If you are non-networked, you should download the first four to get a decent desktop.

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/images/3.0_r6/i386/