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what is the best linux distro for an old laptop?

i have a compaq armada 1750. it is a Pentium 2, 192 meg ram, (upgraded to the max), 6 gig hard drive which im dual booting with windows 2000 (for wireless and whatnot), so that leaves about 3 gigs of room, which is plenty for any linux i know of. Im looking for usability, and as much power as i can get with it. the P2 doesnt give out too much power, so thats strained, i currently have Xubuntu, but im not a fan of the Fxce desktop, I'm going to try Puppy in a little, but if anyone has any other suggestions, please be my guest,

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  • luca m
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    I used Damn Small Linux, and it's...small and fast.

    And at 50 Mb ( yes, that's fifthy megabytes) can't really go wrong in trying it out.

    Of course works "live", so you don't need to install it on hard drive. Unless u want to.

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