Spec me a lighweight Distro please

[Colbaker]

Hi all,

I have an old lappie i am giving to my son, He only really goes on youtube and maybe plays a few flash games, Also likes to create slide shows in Publisher, Windows XP really grinds on the laptop so i was thinking maybe a Linux Distro will be better.

What one though?

 

[Colbaker]

Thanks for the reply's guys, Im about to venture into the caverness abyss that is my loft as i am pretty sure i have some sodimms up there to upgrade the ram a little, maybe even a larger faster hdd.

Also i ran into a few issue's, Firstly the DVD rom does not work on this system, secondly the bios does not allow booting from USB, It's currently running windows XP, any suggestions?

Maybe pull the HDD out and throw it in a caddy, put it on my main lappie and do all the formatting and stick the iso/install programs on that?

 

[Colbaker]

Got a gig of RAM on its way to me now for £6, Hopefully the BIOS is compatible with 2 x 512Gb Sticks?

Also still have an issue with not knowing how to install linux when can't boot from USB or DVD, Any chance there is a way to do it through Windows XP? would i have to think about changing the Windows PArtition and adding a Lniux partition then putting the install files onto that?