[thbp]

Hi i got a new laptop for my bday and i was wondering whats agood small linux distro other than dsl and pupppy (compaq laptop won't execute the files right for dsl and puppy im currently running for both desktop and laptop.
Also i got an extra 64mb ram tower and was wondering if it was possible to turn in into a server?

[no2pencil]

thbp, on 18 Jan, 2009 - 02:36 AM, said:

compaq laptop won't execute the files right for dsl and puppy

This doesn't make sense. The compaq laptop doesn't execute the files. Can you be a little more specific as to what it is (or isn't doing)? You're probably going to find this problem with whatever distro that you try to run.

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Also i got an extra 64mb ram tower and was wondering if it was possible to turn in into a server?

Maybe add some more memory. I'm guessing this is a 486? Your best bet is a distribution without graphics.

[thbp]

it pulls the curser to bottom of the screen and it works fine with puppy

[fuzzylunkinz]

Xubuntu.

[thbp]

im just getting the cd for xubuntu going in my laptop

[markhazlett9]

I would go either Kubuntu or Slax, depending on what you're into

[Nykc]

or Ubuntu - just saying

[MorphiusFaydal]

Well, if the laptop is that old, Kubuntu/Ubuntu may not run. Xubuntu may even be too much for it.

He may be limited to Debian with TWM or similar.

[fuzzylunkinz]

Xubuntu flies on my old compaq (from 2002-03?). I can't remember the specs right now, but imagine Vista on the first laptops (slow as hell because they hardly 'met the requirements'). Now imagine Windows XP going that slow.

[lanec42]

Or Backtrack 3 (ftw!!!11one!). My suggestion would be Xubuntu. Fedora might be a good choice, especially if you're a noob. It's not very customizable, but it is the most reliable os i've used.

edit: I was joking about Backtrack. You could drive yourself to insanity trying to install it.

This post has been edited by lanec42: 20 January 2009 - 09:01 PM

[MorphiusFaydal]

Fedora would be a horrible choice for an older machine. It's got so much crap starting with it that the machine would take a decade to boot.

[no2pencil]

But once it booted... rofl.

I would go with Slackware & run a really lightweight window manager like Blackbox.

[MattyG]

My choice would be Archlinux with xfce, nice, simple and just the stuff you need.

[thbp]

currently running slax but im using puppy for movie watching

[GWatt]

Why can't your slax play dvds? I had a similar problem with slackware (upon which slax is based).