--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, matt1027 <box1027@...> wrote:
>
> I would like a recommendation on a linux distro for an old laptop.
>
> It's an IBM Thinkpad T20, Pentium III processor, 256MB Ram, about
> 12GB Hard Drive, so I don't have a huge amount of space to work
> with. It does have a DVD drive for installation.
>
> I want to use the computer to open documents and files that come from
> untrusted sources.
>
> The laptop has Mandriva 2006 on it right now and OpenOffice from that
> time won't open the .docx document that I want to check out. So it
> would be a good time to just upgrade the whole operating system and
> get the most recent OpenOffice in the process.
>
> Besides opening questionable files I might also check email on
> it. That's probably about it.
>
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
Debian. It can be really stripped down and is fairly easily customized as well. I run it on one box and only use 32MB RAM to run X
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