[ale] Building new kernals on old hardware.

[Geoffrey]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 15:14 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> Slackware.
> 
> Having had been a Slackware user for quite a long time, I would have to
> second this.  :-)
> 
> It is small, easily customizable, and doesn't get in the way of the
> things that you want to do with your system.  For someone who wants a
> small system, or a system that they want to heavily modify, it is
> wonderful.

To expand on my one word suggestion, I've got slackware installed and
running on a pentium 166 laptop.  128 meg memory.  It just works.  Yeah,
it's slow, but hey, it's what, 4 generations back?  It works though.

You can also get slackware installed in a very small footprint.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin