Re: [ILUG-BOM] Suitable distro for an old computer?

On Friday 08 September 2006 14:40, Rony wrote:

Since your neighbour is an old P3 566MHz. computer with only 96 MB RAM, he will not be in a position to run latest distros unless you are a wizard in keeping things trim. Distros with kernels above 2.4 use more resources. For XP to Linux migrators, Mandrake/Mandriva distros work best as they are multimedia ready. For MP3 and DVD, you simply download some extra stuff. I have used Mandrake 10.1 earlier and now I use Mandriva 2006 and it is simply too good. Your neighbour should use Mandrake 10.1.

Yeah I've used Mandrake 10.1 in the past and it IS good. I like Mandrake. It's a good distro. But in this case, I'm going with Vector Linux.

Grazie :)