We are trying to make use of an OLD laptop and we were going to try linux on it.
We only want to use it for surfing and email
Its a p166, 96mb ram and a 1.2gb hdd
It can boot from cd as we installed 98SE on it, it runs ok, but when we tried the internet, it froze
Also tried installing ubuntu on it, but there didnt seem to be a minimal install option and it ran out of space...
What do you guys recommend? Needs to have a gui for ease of use
Thanks


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Joking apart, there are many good aspects of the linux design, such as the modular Kernel, multi-tasking etc (and the fact that I don't have to reboot the machine everytime I install something) and easy access to the CLI - everything is pretty transparent, and no messy registry to worry about. (No hidden 'Easter Eggs either')