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Old laptops need Linux - but what flavor?

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piratePenguin:
Look at: Linux From Scratch. Very educational, and the book is straight forward. And it would run on practically anything and everything. A bit hard to maintain after you've finished following the instructions in the book, compiling every single package from scratch (most common ones have instructions in the Beyond Linux From Scratch book though), but for laptops like that you may not want many packages.

simontag:

--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Look at: Linux From Scratch. Very educational, and the book is straight forward. And it would run on practically anything and everything. A bit hard to maintain after you've finished following the instructions in the book, compiling every single package from scratch (most common ones have instructions in the Beyond Linux From Scratch book though), but for laptops like that you may not want many packages.
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Got a couple that I am trying out right now with multiple issues. Mostly (stupidity) probably. I went to the site and will check it out. Looks very promising. I am currently trying MULinux. Floppy distribution. However, when using the boot disc to create the installer disc with the addon discs. It does not give me any options for the addon's to be created. Then when I run the actual installation it does not load any of the modules. I can not get the information on to the HD before and has to be laoded via floppy. ARGGGGHH

Thanks though - im just getting frustrated -

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