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

On 6/24/25 10:44 AM, John Ames wrote:

On 24 Jun 2025 09:03:51 +1000
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
 

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.

 The original EeePC was a bit anemic,

   Not for THE TIMES.

but once they incorporated the
second-generation Atom CPUs things were much better. My Eee 904HA did
just fine as a daily driver 'til around 2013-2014. Still use it (well,
its replacement) as a portable typewriter; nobody but *nobody* solved
the laptop-hinge problem like Asus did on those first Eee generations.

   I had an EEEPC and LIKED IT - especially
   after replacing Win with MX. Served me well
   for years - before I accidentally dropped
   off a ladder trying to align security cams.
   MX was the first I found with the IQ in Grub
   to understand SS drives. I've stuck heavily
   with it ever since.