light yet user friendly distro for older laptop?

[uzibear]

hello, i've fiddled with linux a bit before, tried installing gentoo, but never really got anywhere with it; i'm pretty pedestrian when it comes to computers

so, i'm going to be getting an ibm x30 laptop with 256mb of ram and a pIII 1.2ghz


so, i'm hoping someone can suggest a distro

here's what i need:

1. FREE
2. lite on resources
3. user friendly


suggestions? maybe suse? i'll have a 40gb hdd so i shouldn't have problems there; and i have external dvd drive so no problems with install

i just want the most simple distro i can find, but that will run nice and fast on an older computer (hence the desire for linux in the first place)

thoughts?

thanks

[uzibear]

i do want some sort of visual interface, but clean and simple, straightforward, not too flashy

[devils casper]

Hi !

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