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13 year old Craptop
Pathos:
for linux you could try tomsrtbt, mulinux or basic linux. but its not really worth it.
there are some pretty cool old school apps for dos out there.
Aloone_Jonez:
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What will run very fast: DR-DOS. If you want a fast GUI layer, put OpenGEM/FreeGEM on top of it. That's what the OpenGEM and FreeGEM projects are there for.
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Sounds good but what programs can I run under these graphical desktops?
Could I run ABIWord?
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A linux would be ok, but I think you would need to go with DSL. I don't think you could run really run X-windows with that little RAM, although it would make a very nice command line & SVGA box.
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SVGA?
What do you mean it only has a VGA card? 640x480 16 colours (or 256 at 320x480) you know the deal. :confused:
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Actually, you seriously might want to consider OS/2, either version 2 or warp 3. With the blue spine editions you could run Windows 3.1 programs. You are still limited by that RAM, but OS/2 is really good with low RAM systems.
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Is it free though? At least as in
Dark_Me:
OS/2 isn't open source and I don't think it's free ether. There are however alternatives. Like this. Also Wikipedia is God
piratePenguin:
This article may be helpful, but I haven't read it,
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/revive-laptop.html
mobrien_12:
OS/2 is not open source, nor is it free of charge. However you can get it on EBAY for really, really cheap amounts of money. I've seen it for like $3-$10. If you go that route, you should go with version 2 or Warp 3. Version 1 was weak, and Warp 4 really needs 8 MB.
Also, you didn't mention if it had a CD-ROM. If it doesn't, you should get the diskette version of OS/2.
There's lots of free software for OS/2 on Hobbs.
You can get DR-DOS free of charge for personal use still I think. Other DOS (MS-DOS, PC-DOS) would work too. FreeDOS is available, but not sure how stable it is at this point, and you may run into software compatibility issues.
OpenGEM and FreeGEM are open source and free of charge.
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