Linux for a writer, running on a Pentium II

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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?

The electricity use of an old machine over one year may justify a new machine... but that's not the point. — Alex Chamberlain, Jun 11 '12 at 10:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:58

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There are many lightweight Linux distributions out there. Some that spring to mind are:
- Crunchbang
- Lubuntu

Or even more lightweight:
- SliTaz
- Puppy Linux
- Damn Small Linux

answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:58

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:56

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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.

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