If you're looking for a good slackware based distro, and are also considering a live-cd one, i would suggest Slax. it is a live-cd slackware distro with both KDE 3 and Fluxbox for slower processors and less memory. i've used it since version 3 and it's a really great distro.
-Jonathan Beall
>From: Brian Waite <linwoes@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Brian Waite <linwoes@gmail.com>, Worcester Linux Users Group<wlug@mail.wlug.org> >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org> >Subject: Re: [Wlug] Linux distro for older hardware >Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:16:31 -0400 > >On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:40:37 -0400, Joel Desrochers ><joelgroup@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I second the vote for Slackware. > > Text based install and overall performance make it my favorite for older > > hardware. > > Unfortunately I prefer 128 MB RAM minimum for console only and around 256MB > > for X. > > Memory is cheap though. > > > > I am still quite happy with my P300/384MB RAM with Slack. > > Before Slackware, I toyed with a few minimalist distros (Peanut and Grey Cat > > Linux but found most of them lacking in either reliability or application > > packages/support). > > > > Two other tips on trying Linux and picking a distributionto try: > > 1) Don't rule out Knoppix, the popular CD-ROM bootable distro. You can use > > it on another box (possibly your current Windows 9X or XP) without modifying > > anything on the hard disk. Also makes a great PC diagnostic tool. > > http://www.knoppix.com/ > > >I am a huge fan of knoppix. I have used it since version 3.0. I find >it is the most effective to test a system for hw support. The amazing >thing is I run it on 2 laptops and most , if not all, the suspend/freq >scaling works well out of the box. I usually do a hard drive install >after I am happy with the functionality and it works great. > > 2) Consider reading up on the many distros on one of the many websites that > > list information. >I would also consider debian. (knoppix is based on deb). The number of >"requred" packages is very small with a huge set of optional >packages. ou should be able to build a nice system even with lower >horsepower. The nice thing about deb also is it gives you a very nice >package install and dependency tracking system with apt. Nothing >against Slack and its tar.gz but deb packages are really nice because >they help with dependencices. > >Thanks >Brian >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug@mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug