noob needs help

[webmasta]

i have an old Acer TravelMate 212TXV and i want to change it from windows to linux but i know nothing about linux and want an os that will work well and on it also the most out of it .

Processor: Intel Celeron 800 MHz

Data Bus Speed: 100 MHz

Chipset Type: ALi CyberBLADE Aladdin i1
Cache Memory

Type: L2 Cache - Pipeline Burst

Installed Size: 128 KB
RAM

Installed Size: 128 MB

Technology: SDRAM - 100 MHz

Form Factor: SO DIMM 144-PIN
Storage Controller

Type: IDE
Storage

Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy - integrated

Hard Drive: 10 GB
Optical Storage

Type: 1 x DVD-ROM - integrated

Read Speed: 8x

Compliant Standards: 2nd generation, Kodak PhotoCD, CD-DA, CD-XA, CDi, Video CD
Display

Display Type: 14.1" TFT active matrix integrated

Max Resolution: 1024 x 768 ( XGA )

Widescreen Display: No

Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Video

Graphics Processor / Vendor: Trident CyberBlade i1 - AGP 2x

Video Memory: Shared Video Memory (UMA)

Max Resolution (external): 1024 x 768 / 24-bit (16.7 million colours)

Supported Display Graphics: VGA (640x480), XGA (1024x76, SVGA (800x600)
Audio

Audio Output: Sound card

Signal Processor: Ali M1535

Compliant Standards: Sound Blaster 16/Pro, DirectSound

Audio Input: Microphone - integrated
Input Device(s)

Type: Keyboard, touchpad


any one got any ideas

[oz]

Welcome to the forums.

Check the link in my signature for lots of information on getting started with Linux. Once you've decided on a distribution, start a new thread if you should run into any troubles with it.

[webmasta]

thanks alot ive never used linux b4 and think its time i started and also i get to fix my old laptop up and stuff i was useing windows me on it and i hate it

[easuter]

For that hardware, I would suggest you try either VectorLinux or Zenwalk, since these two distros are aimed at working fast on older hardware like that.