<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>I was just wondering, which linux distro would run on a 486 with 4 to 8MB of RAM with 1GB hard drive or maybe a Pentium 200 (even with MMX technology) with 16MB of RAM and 2GB hard drive. The reason that I'm asking this is that I want to know if older machines could run Linux depending on the distro and can be capable of surfing the internet and doing work processing tasks. In my opinion, If I want something substancal for example playing music files, I have to get a bigger system like a pentium 2, 3 or 4. Currently, I have a P4 Computer with 256MB of RDRAM, 30GB Hard Drive (planning to upgrade to 80 or 120GB hard drive by the end of the year) and my computer is currently running Windows XP Professional with SP2 ('i'm going to dual boot with Fedora Core 3 by the end of next year, just to try out with Linux.</DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>What is your suggestion? </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Simon</DIV>
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