I've got an old junker. I was wondering, what version of linux will run best on the hardware it's got. It's got a 6GB hard disk, A 200 mhz pentium processor (MMX tech) 40 MB of RAM, and old video card that I would guess MIGHT be 1MB. Right now I have Mandrake 9.2, Mandrake 10 and an old version of RedHat that came with a book I bought from goodwill for 2 bucks. 4.something. Don't remember right now.

Also... another thing I've been wondering... Why is it that none of the linux distributers seem to put the system requirements for their distro on their websites?

I recently was given an 'old clunker'. It is an IBM 300PL with a P2 350mHz, 64 meg RAM, an onboard S3 video chip and onboard sound, USB, Intel network and 6 gig HD. Not having a purchased distro available I downloaded Debian Woody (free) and did a dual boot system for practice and education. Debian linux seemed to recognise everthing and I now have it up and running with Win98SE on 4 gig and Linux on the remaining 2 gig with swpfile partition. It took me 2 goes as I stuffed up the Xterm installation first time around but it works now and was a good learning experience for me. I would think that any of the ones you have would work fine. Good luck and enjoy. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." Frost

Debian would be a good choice as well as slackware. An old redhat is also an option but you wouldn't get the benefit from the newer packages that come with later versions of deb/slack. FreeBSD is also an option if you don't want to go down the linux route....