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miraman

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From: Blumenau, SC, Brasil

Registered: 2006-09-25

Posts: 18

Re: Which distro would be best for an old pentium based PC ?

PS: i would recommend this for old computer
http://www.delilinux.de/

I liked this one...
I have almost the same problem, linux in a pentium 100 with 32mb of ram...

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Which distro would be best for an old pentium based PC ?

frugalware and puppylinux should also be mentioned :-)

Frugalware wouldn't work on a Pentium, it's -march=i686.

m123

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Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 29

Re: Which distro would be best for an old pentium based PC ?

Thanks all for you recent input.

I tend to agree with PingFloyd on the merits of Debian. Also, installing and configuring Debian made me learn many things on GNU/Linux and realize again how "lightweight and simple" is Arch.

I have experimented various DE/WMS. For what it's worth, my best compromise so far is xfce (compromise between performance and simplicity, taking into account my initial goals).