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LordWiccara:
hello everyone, I have a really old IBM Thinkpad 755C, and I would like to put Linux on it with a simple GUI.  It has a Intel 486 DX4 (75mhz) processor, 850mb HD, and 4MB RAM, Floppy Drive, and No CDROM.  Does anyone know of a good Linux and GUI that will run nicely on it? (Im really sick of DOS and Win 3.11)  thanks

Master of Reality:
ooooo fancy.... i have a thinkpad 750cs and i have windows 95 on it!. but i havent turned it on in months. Hmmmm... can you connect to internet? For my laptop i was planning to install linux over the internet, or you could try and get an external CDROM that will hook into the parallel port.
Almost any linux would do, just use BlackBox, Enlightenment, or Windowmaker for the GUI. Make sure not to use Gnome or KDE, those will be utterly horrifying on it.
You could also try and put a floppy disk distribution on it, but i fear that wont be any good at all.

[ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / Bob ]

[ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / Bob ]

LordWiccara:
Haha, yes I can connect to the internet via 56k.  Someone put a PCMICA 56k modem in there, but I dont have the cable to connect it to the phone line (bastard) and the cables are like $25 bucks each.  If im gonna use the internet on it, ill just get an ethernet card to connect to the cable modem.  Thanks

Calum:
okay, it's a 486 so it should be able to run linux. some distros will not run linux on a 486 though. i know mandrake only runs on a pentium or up. i suspect that slackware will still run on a 386 and a 486, so maybe you should try that on it, that's what i would recommend anyway.

mobrien_12:
A barebone slackware would be the best choice.  I don't think you can really run XF86 with only 4 mb ram tho  :(

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