thanks everyone for the help so far. I think ReactOS is not really what i want but thanks for the suggestion, i didn't know the OS :) i did some searching in Distro Watch and found this nice one called Deli Linux, it says that it was tested on a 486 laptop with 16mb and runs smooth nice ^^ but it doesn't says anything about server capinilities so i guess it needs third party stuff... slackware still seems to be the best contestant. i was thinking about using the laptop and the desktop as a multi-cpu system, this can be done with slack right? oh and can slack be installed through a network (or by the "moving HD to another computer" method?) because as i stated before both pc's don't have a CD drive.