Linux on older laptops

[Leo Mauler]

--- curt <cbox at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> This should start a raging debate!
> Are there any opinions regarding a good choice of
> distro for an older laptop?
> Thinkpad T22 w/384MB ram and Thinkpad T23 w/512MB
> ram.  My only priorities are quick boot times, 
> wireless support, firefox or opera web browsers 
> and a decent word processor that can save files 
> in .doc format.  I've considered DSL, but would 
> prefer reiserfs support.
> 
> Thanks,
> Curt

When I hear the question: "whats a good distro for an
*older* laptop", I think that the laptop is going to
be some sub-128MB RAM laptop with a 6GB hard drive and
a PII processor (or worse).  Not a ThinkPad T22
(PIII-1GHz) machine with more RAM and processor power
than my Linux test machine!

Seems to me *any* distribution will be just fine for
the amount of processor and RAM you have to work with.
 Debian is the favored child at the moment.

I found a website which covers installing Linux on a
Thinkpad T22: 

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walter/geek/linux-t22.html

And this link which covers installing Linux on a
ThinkPad T23:

http://www.math.uakron.edu/~chad/linux_t23.html

As for wireless support, learn this keyword: "ndiswrapper".


		
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