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[mrdanny]

Wow, this is a very interesting thread. I love it!!!
I also have a very crappy computer with the following specs:

1.0GB HDD
75MHz Intel Pentium I
16MB of RAM upgradeable to 128MB
CD and a Floppy drive
Booting Micro$oft Window$ 95

As you can see, this is literally an OLD computer. I would like to take off Windows 95 from this computer and replace it with linux. Do you guys know a good linux distro for this computer? Would Puppy be too much for this? Should I give DSL a try? Or is it even worth it? I would still fun to bring "new" life to this computer.

[Psumi]

Wow, this is a very interesting thread. I love it!!!
I also have a very crappy computer with the following specs:

1.0GB HDD
75MHz Intel Pentium I
16MB of RAM upgradeable to 128MB
CD and a Floppy drive
Booting Micro$oft Window$ 95

As you can see, this is literally an OLD computer. I would like to take off Windows 95 from this computer and replace it with linux. Do you guys know a good linux distro for this computer? Would Puppy be too much for this? Should I give DSL a try? Or is it even worth it? I would still fun to bring "new" life to this computer.

Tiny Core Linux: http://tinycorelinux.com/

[zmjjmz]

Wow, this is a very interesting thread. I love it!!!
I also have a very crappy computer with the following specs:

1.0GB HDD
75MHz Intel Pentium I
16MB of RAM upgradeable to 128MB
CD and a Floppy drive
Booting Micro$oft Window$ 95

As you can see, this is literally an OLD computer. I would like to take off Windows 95 from this computer and replace it with linux. Do you guys know a good linux distro for this computer? Would Puppy be too much for this? Should I give DSL a try? Or is it even worth it? I would still fun to bring "new" life to this computer.

Maybe BasicLinux?

[shihkster1015]

my old laptop probably wouldn't even run linux

it's got the IntelDX2 processor with 8 mb of disk space.
It even has a floppy drive and the only avaliable input ports look like old LPT lines and VGA connectors

It doesn't even have a name, just called notebook computer

[zmjjmz]

my old laptop probably wouldn't even run linux

it's got the IntelDX2 processor with 8 mb of disk space.
It even has a floppy drive and the only avaliable input ports look like old LPT lines and VGA connectors

It doesn't even have a name, just called notebook computer

You would be surprised. You could launch BasicLinux from DOS.

[shihkster1015]

You would be surprised. You could launch BasicLinux from DOS.

haha
no way i'm gonna try that
it'll bust my machine

[witeshark17]

my old laptop probably wouldn't even run linux

it's got the IntelDX2 processor with 8 mb of disk space.
It even has a floppy drive and the only avaliable input ports look like old LPT lines and VGA connectors

It doesn't even have a name, just called notebook computer

Pics please!

[Khakilang]

Recently I manage to salvage some old computer parts and assemble to one decent workable computer. The spec as below.

Pentium 3 (Coppermine) running at 866Mhz
384MB RAM with 20GB hard disk
S3 Graphice not sure which model with 15" Samsung monitor

Just Install Lubuntu Lucid Lynx Beta 1 and its work great. I am accessing this forum using this very computer. My computer is alive!!!

[duanedesign]

Tiny Core Linux: http://tinycorelinux.com/

I like tinycore. I installed it out of curiosity and was impressed by the software available in its repos. It even has a Docky style dock. Pretty cool for such a small distro.

I had some cpu freq scaling issues that were easily solved thanks to the Tiny Core Forums.

[shihkster1015]

Pics please!

sorry! what i meant was intel i486 which is even older! It's the 16 MHz edition (80386 DX)
i can't get it to work anymore. It was collecting dust at the bottom of my shelf and i didn't realise it was there until my add told me he threw a computer away!

an i didn't tape the chinese phonetics on the KB!