Linux for my old Notebook

prescott28

prescott28

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OK I have an old 600MHz Celeron notebook with 192KB of memory. As it came with Windows ME I would quite like to upgrade to a Linux of some sort but the main contenders like Ubuntu can't manage in 192KB or RAM. I have tried Puppy which, though very good, sits in memory which isn't ideal.

Any suggestions for a suitable Linux Distro please?
 
Ubuntu will work with 192 MiB RAM, it just won't be quick. Xubuntu would be better. What core is the Celeron based on? Is it i686 compliant? If so Arch would be very nice.
 
Thanks for the reply. The processor is x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6. I know it means something but I am not sure what. Is that what you were asking about being i686 compliant?
 
Some Googling reveals that that is probably a Celeron mobile (part no. KP80526NY600128) based on the original Coppermine core. That means it's a cut down Pentium III. You can indeed run Arch if you want to. Arch with Fluxbox, Xfce, or Enlightenment and a lightweight web browser like Epiphany would make a very nice setup.
 
Yeah Arch is a good idea, i've tried Ubuntu and had it refuse on anything less than 256MB RAM, of course that's with the graphical install
 
Not sure if it did back when i tried it, was a couple of years ago i think, been running arch since on my file server, no reason to try Ubuntu, Arch could probably run on my calculator if i needed it to.
 
Ethics said:
Arch could probably run on my calculator if i needed it to.
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You seem to be confusing it with Debian! :p

Arch requires an i686 or better processor. There is an unofficial build for AMD64 support. Below that you'd need to use a different distro. Debian has been ported to just about everything. There's a reason they call it "the universal operating system." :D
 
BillytheImpaler said:
You seem to be confusing it with Debian! :p

Arch requires an i686 or better processor. There is an unofficial build for AMD64 support. Below that you'd need to use a different distro. Debian has been ported to just about everything. There's a reason they call it "the universal operating system." :D
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Because it contains every package in the universe? :P

I've used Debian on an old file server, i've found their documentation to be really good, but apt-get isn't as good as pacman :). Infact the only distro i've not really liked is Fedora Core 5, that was just pants at release.
 
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