OS to use

[iTzuxs]

Hi, I have recently been given a labtop.

Its specs are:
333 mhz processer
128 mbs of ram
5.7 gb hard drive
Oh, and its a gateway.

the labtop is "Gateway solo"


and i'm not sure what else to put, but I have tried to install Kubuntu, but that keep on freezing, now me being a total linux newbie, I have come to ask, what OS can this labtop run?

[techieMoe]

Hi, I have recently been given a labtop.

Its specs are:
333 mhz processer
128 mbs of ram
5.7 gb hard drive
Oh, and its a gateway.

the labtop is "Gateway solo"


and i'm not sure what else to put, but I have tried to install Kubuntu, but that keep on freezing, now me being a total linux newbie, I have come to ask, what OS can this labtop run?

I actually have a very similar Gateway Solo laptop that was given to me as well. It was either me or the dumpster, so I took it. I find that Damn Small Linux runs quite well on mine. It has a slightly faster processor than yours (450mHz) but less RAM (64MB). Give it a try:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

[iTzuxs]

Thanks, I will try this

edit: I am really confused, I clicked download, but it gives me many mirrors to use, but than it lists some folders and files, do I have to download each files manually?

[carlosponti]

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribu...nsmall/current

click on the current.iso folder icon and it will download an iso. just burn that.

or ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribu.../dsl-3.0.1.iso

[iTzuxs]

Thank you

edit: another problem, I can get it to start up, but the desktop looks horrible, its VERY bright yellow and hard to make out anything.

[techieMoe]

Thank you

edit: another problem, I can get it to start up, but the desktop looks horrible, its VERY bright yellow and hard to make out anything.

That's odd. The last version of DSL I downloaded had a black desktop background... hmm...