I have a laptop that I would like to load linux on. I have a T1 at work
and can basically download any distro I want. I am wondering wich
distro would work best ( =fastest with the least Pain In the Assery ) on
my laptop.
These are the specs ( it is an old POS but it runs great ):
Model: IBM 755 CE
486 DX4 100Mhz
16 MB ram ( I had 24 but the chip got fried )
640 x 480 screen
At least 256 colors but I think it might be capable of millions.
1 840 MB hard drive.
I can get access to a dock station w/ CDROM and network card but I
haven't found a distro that supports the scsi card at installation. I
tried Debian Potato and loaded it with ftp but found it to be an extreme
pain in the ass to work with. I tried Redhat 7 and will try Redhat 6.2
but 7 was also a pain in the ass.
I am not opposed to doing the hard work of installing and configuring
but would like to find a "small" distro that works resonably well.
I would like to have at least the new kernel ( 2.4.2 ) and some form of
Xwindows that will run well.
I have looked at all the laptop howtos and none of them seem to be up to
date. I don't want to load freakin' Redhat 5.2 on my laptop.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and/or links to
documentation that I haven't found.
sim