More mileage from an ancient machine

[Liam Proven]

On 30/06/07, Peter N Spotts <pspotts at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> A friend of mine is turning over to a friend of hers a 1998 Dell
> Inspiron 3200 with an XGA color monitor and MMX "technology" -- my
> friend wasn't sure whether the processor was 166, 200, or 233 Mhz.

It's a bit too low-end for Ubuntu. You could try Puppy Linux or DamnSmallLinux.

I recently wrote an article on this that you may find useful:
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40532

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