[ltp] Best distro for 760XD

[jeff]

On Wednesday 30 November 2005 11:56 pm, Mendel Cooper wrote:
> I just picked up a 760XD Thinkpad for a few bucks. Just wondering
> what would be the best Linux distro to install on it.
>
> Specs for the 760XD:
> 166 MHz Pentium MMX
> 64M memory (could upgrade to 80M or 104)
> 12" 1024x768 screen
> 2 Gb HD (could upgrade to 3 or 4, if necessary)

I used to run Mandrake on a 760EL. Stay with a light GUI and resource 
friendly apps and whatever distro that you choose will be fine.
>
> The main problem is that it can't boot from the CD drive.
> Can't have CD drive and floppy plugged in at the same time, either.
> This means I have to use something like loadlin.exe to boot from.

Sourceforge has a bootloader that will let it boot from the cdrom. It is 
called smart bootloader or something similar to that.
>
> Now, I could always install Red Hat 9, current as of 2-1/2 years ago,
> but I'd rather do something a bit more up to date.
>
> Damn Small Linux maybe?
>
> What would you people recommend?

DSL would be good. If you favor Debian based distros,  SimplyMepis Lite is 
designed for older hardware too.

Jeff