Linux on Pentium era systems

[Tom Buskey]

On 8/16/07, Warren Luebkeman <warren at resara.com> 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.
>
> 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.


There are a number of floppy based text systems out there, but you want a
GUI web browser.

After you try DSL, Puppy and other small linuxen, whey do you need a modern
kernel?  I used to run Mandrake 7.2 on a similar system (toshiba cdt660 w/
80MB & 1.2GB) and wireless.  Will Redhat 9.0 run?  You might need an NFS
install.

Also, the NetBSD and OpenBSD systems are pretty good about addressing older
systems.
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