Subj : Linux For P4
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Sun Nov 18 2018 12:39 am

RM> I'm wondering if there is a very light Linux version that will still
RM> run on an old P4 machine. (Intel 2.66 Ghz with 512 meg Ram).

PF>I like Lubuntu. It's Ubuntu's core OS with LXDE, a lightweight window manager
  >It also has a collection of smaller, lightweight apps.

PF>I run it on a 1.7 GHZ Pentium 4 laptop, and it runs nicely. It idles in 200
  >megs of RAM.

That sounds not too bad.
Forgive me if my knowledge of Linux is out of date. Is this a version that
has to be compiled or does it just install in a working condition.
Am I likely to have a hard time finding dial-up modem support for it ?

When I last tried a version of Puppy I was able to avoid dual booting
and such and simply make a boot CD that accessed files already saved to
the hard drive with the specific setup info I guess..
That seemed handy at the time, a way to try it out without totally
reworking the computer.

Thanks for your input.

Rob
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