Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

To compare apples and apples the EEEPC was fine as just a GUI. It was
when you wanted to use a web browser and email it collapsed in a
fainting fit

You can run an email client and web browser on a Commodore 64, it's
the popular ones that are insanely bloated which are the trouble.
Dillo runs excellently on mine. With the RAM upgraded to 2GB
Firefox (with about:config tweaks and NoScript) is usable for
occasional tasks as well actually.

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