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Re: [PLUG] Recommendation for old laptop
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"Arthur S. Alexion" wrote:
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> I have a really old laptop that I want to experiment with. It is an
> old gateway colorbook, 486-DX2-50, 730MB drive, 12 MB ram. Is there
> any distro that I can install that will give me even a simple X? Wife
> wants to use it in her classroom (5th grade).
>
> For installation, has 56k modem card, NIC card, Mini-SCSI/2 (Adaptec
> parallel port) CD-ROM drive.
Do you know what video chipset? As far as installing goes, 700M should
be plenty for an X install.
Here's a page of someone who got it working:
http://www.beau.lib.la.us/~jmorris/linux/laptops/colorbook.html
And the Gateway list:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/gateway.html
Linux on laptops is just a great site.
--
Kevin Brosius
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