[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on old machines

[rob apodaca]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:52:23 -0500
chris at chrisbaker.net wrote:

> I work for a non-profit. We were recently donated some six-year-old 
> machines with 16MB and P-120/133 processors. They won't be used 
> for much more than web browsing and checking web-based e-mail.
> 
> What's the best thing to install on them? The newer versions of
> Linux don't seem to be as usable with old hardware as they used to
> be. Hard drives are about 1GB.
> 
> Chris
> 
Hi Chris,

I highly recommend using ltsp http://www.ltsp.org/ for old hardware.
This of course means that you need at least one 'good' machine to act
as the server for the rest.

Cheers,
-rob