What OS?

Hey all,

I just got my hands on my OLD computer and don't have a clue what to do with it. It's a Pentium 200Mhz w/ 96MB or ram and about 4gb of hard drive space (soon to be 6gb when i add an even older hard drive to it :) So, the question of the day is, what OS do you think i should put on it? I currently have a desktop and laptop both running XP Pro, and since that is probably out of the question i was thinking of a linux box. So, any recommendations on what distro would be the best. Mind you i'm a complete newbie when it comes to linux, so ease of use and ease of set up would be my deciding factors. Plus, connectivity is important but not paramount. Thanks,

agathron

I have a computer with the same specs running Win2000 Pro fairly decently.

That machine would handle Linux easily. I'd suggest RedHat 8.

I'd go with Redhat 8 myself too! Its a great place to start and should run alright on that machine..

if you must go with windows...then windows 2k

Redhat 8 it is. I've already got a P4 2ghz desktop and a 1.6ghz laptop running windows so i thought this would be a good place to try and learn linux. Thanks for the input.

agathron

Run Linux, Command Prompt only...talk about speend AND stability.

lol, speed, stablitiy and a whole lot of "what the hell is going on?!" ;) Thanks though.


Note: Apparently my other what the was unkosher.

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Originally posted by Agathron
lol, speed, stablitiy and a whole lot of "what the hell is going on?!" ;) Thanks though.


Note: Apparently my other what the was unkosher.

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think of it as investing in retaining your imagination.


or...getting really good a typing "pwd".

lol, my imagination will be alright, i'm worried about going bald from pulling all my hair out.

And what's the difference between linux and FreeBSD or is FreeBSD just a distro of linux?

Sorry for the edits, i'm trying to win the longest-active-member-with-the-fewest-posts award :D

BSD is actually a revision of UNIX by..Berekley I believe.