[ale] open source solutions for Win 98 on an old laptop

[Giulio (lists)]

On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Daniel Howard wrote:
> OK, I know this is going to lead to some interesting responses, but
> it's actually a serious question.  I've got a donated Toshiba
> Satellite Pro 225CDS (Pentium CPU, 80MB RAM, 1 GB HDD) I'm working
> with again because I have a needy person who would like to sell
> some of their stuff on eBay.  I can't seem to turn it into a thin
> client (no built in Ethernet, no CD ROM drive, only USB 1.1 and a
> floppy drive), and I've tried Puppy Linux and DSL (Damn Small
> Linux) on it with a variety of issues in both: Puppy can't launch X
> on the screen (and I've tried every combination of xorg.conf fixes
> I could find), and DSL is really slow on the Dillo web browser,

Daniel,

Not exactly a technical solution but a practical one.
Have one PIII 512MB that we use for ..... forgot. I should also have 
some ~13 GB HDDs. Loads Ubuntu just fine.
Willing to donate. Person gets more out of eBay than the old laptop.
Must be picked up.

Giulio