Re: [OS:N:] Linux on low-end hardware?

[Charles MacDonald <cmacd telecomottawa net>]

Robert Citek wrote:
> 
> What linux distro and setup do people here recommend for low-end  hardware?
> 
> I'm helping out a local non-profit group "refurbish" machines that  they
> get as donations.  This group then uses the machines to teach  young
> kids about computing and sells the machines to raise a bit of  cash. 
> Most of these machines are low-end x86 machines, e.g. <400  MHZ, <128 MB
> RAM, <6 GB HDD, usually a WinModem.> 

I have not tried it but you might want to check out the RULE Project.
http://www.rule-project.org/ (run Up-to-date Linux Everywhere)

They make a modified installer that loads A subset of Fedora (red-hat)
on older machines.


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