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good distro for slow computer
Name: brad3d Date: August 23, 2005 at 09:34:04 Pacific OS: na CPU/Ram: 166 or 200mmx
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I need to install Linux on a older computer, Its a 166 or 200 mhz Pentium w/mmx (chip doesn't have speed printed on it) its an old HP machine. What would be a good Linux distro to put on it?
Name: uberpete Date: August 23, 2005 at 12:53:23 Pacific
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http://vectorlinux.com it is fast (i'm running the latest on my 233mhz computer), stable (have never had it crash), small. how much ram do you have? if you have 32 i would recommend version 4 or 4.3 if you have 64 i would say the latest(5.1)
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Response Number 2
Name: universebird2004 Date: August 24, 2005 at 09:29:00 Pacific
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I use RedHat 7.0 on an old computer of mine, It has a pentium 133mhz processor and like 50mb of ram. I think it works really well. I am using winme on another computer with a 933mhz processer and 128 mb of ram and the older computer is faster sometimes.
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