Linux on Pentium era systems

[Charlie Farinella]

On Thursday 16 August 2007, Warren Luebkeman wrote:
> I'm trying to install Linux on an old IBM laptop.  Its got a Pentium 
166mhz 
> processor, and about 50 mb's of RAM.  I installed Damn Small Linux on 
it, but 
> the 2.4 kernel does not support my PCMCIA wireless card.  So, I need 
to find 
> a lightweight Linux distro with a modern Kernel.

I have an old Compaq laptop, P150, 80MB RAM, 1GB HD.  DSL didn't 
recognize the video adapter, so I ended up putting OpenBSD on it which 
works pretty well.  I don't have a  wireless card for it so I can't 
address that.  It runs FVWM, but that's not enough to run Firefox.  If 
you can't find anything else you might give it a shot.

--charlie

> 
> My objective is to turn this into a simple Internet browsing/IM 
computer. All 
> I need is for my wireless card to work, and a basic window manager so 
I can 
> run Firefox and Gaim.  Do you guys have an recommendations/pointers on 
what 
> distro I should try?  I think my next option is to try Puppy Linux.
> 
> Why am I doing this?  Absolutely no good reason.  I just think it 
would be 
> hilarious to use this old, big, clunker laptop in an Internet cafe 
somewhere.  
> It also has a nice keyboard and the battery works.  Oh yeah, and it 
doesn't 
> boot off the CDROM.  I had to use a boot floppy to get it to boot Damn 
Small 
> Linux. :-P
> 
> warren l    
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