Possible Duplicate:Linux for low-end hardware and internet browsing My dad has a rather old computer that's just sitting there that I want to repurpose. Now I know could probably get a Pentium 4 very cheap but where's the fun in that? What I'm after is something that's simple to use that will run on a Pentium II or III (I can't remember) with 4GB of HDD space and probably about 512MB of RAM.What can I install on this to make it work?
Linux for a writer, running on a Pentium II
linux;small distribution;word processing
Have a quick read of this techradar article.Classic distribution for old machines: Damn Small Linux.Look at Markdown/LaTeX for nice formatting of documents, but very low memory consumption whilst writing.