[COLUG] Seeking recommendations for Linux distro for ancient laptop

[Aaron Howard]

On Thursday 29 March 2007 12:07 pm, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for lightweight distros that are
> sophisticated enough to run a graphical web browser and OOffice?  

Whew.  OOo is a pig.  I like it and it works great w/ enough resources.  But 
it's not lightweight by any measure.  You might need to look for alternatives 
there.

As for lightweight distros, you could try DSL-N.  It's like Damn Small Linux's 
big brother but still pretty lightweight.  I've not used it myself, though, 
so I can't vouch for it specifically...just that is appears to fit the bill.

-Aaron