Linux on older laptops

[curt]

LOL I knew you were going to say that Brian....



On Wednesday 28 December 2005 12:37 pm, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO wrote:
> Try Mepis.  You can choose reiser at install and all those other items
> are in the distro or avail. via apt-get or a GUI pool that accesses the
> repository.
> In fact the only thing you will have to add on your own from your list
> is Opera and it is a breeze.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf
> Of curt
>
>
> 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
>
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