[Tutor] [OT] Linux

[Alan Colburn]

Hi all --

I know this is OT, but this list seems to have a lot
of folks who love
Linux. If I'm way off base here, please accept my
apologies.

I recently "discovered" Linux, via the Knoppix CD. I
must say, I was both
surprised and excited by what I saw! Now I'd like to
learn more and install
a distribution on one of my laptops. I could either
reformat an old laptop
(166 MHz, ~90 Mb RAM, 2G HD) or find space on a newer
machine. Which path
would you recommend?

If the safer alternative of the older machine sounds
good to you, which
distribution(s) will run well on a machine that old?
I've had a hard time
finding an answer. Alternatively, if I should go with
the newer machine, how
large a partition do you think I would want? (I'd
probably use the newest
Mandrake, based on the common perception of its ease
for newbies; I don't
need every app in the world installed. Once Python is
in place, what else
does one really need? :-).

My thanks (or apologies) ahead of time -- Al C.



	
		
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