[ltp] installing linux on IBM tp 600

[Heiko Engelke]

Nils Houben wrote:

> My Thinkpad 600 has 500 Mghz and about 150 MB RAM, the question now is 
> which linux to install, and where to get it! 

The distribution you choose does not depend on your computer's speed 
(unless you have a 486), but on your personal taste. Have a look at 
http://distrowatch.com (I think this is the url). If you want everything 
to work immediately, take SuSE, Mandrake or Redhat or something similar. 
If you only want to try it, take Knoppix. If you want a Free OS with 
great package management, take Debian. But be warned, you have to do a 
lot by hand.

What about the tpctl packages for different distributions? I know 
debian's thinkpad-packages, which are very useful. Is tpctl also shipped 
with other distributions?

On a 500MHz class computer, you can easily run KDE2 or KDE3 and 
OpenOffice.org, if you want to upgrade, give your computer more RAM. 
Linux has use for RAM (windows hasn't by the way).

> Though i need an easy to install linux and it should be relativly 
> small (the hdd has 4GB). 

You shouldn't have problems with your HD. The operating system in a 
usable desktop configuration (with X, text producing and so on) will 
consume perhaps 1GByte or so. You can take a lot of movies and music 
with you ...

> P.S.: as you may have noticed my english is very poor, so please dare 
> with it or write in german.

I'm not a native speaker either, but I don't think everybody on this 
list understands german.

-- 
regards,
Heiko Engelke