Which Linux version wud be BEST on 128 RAM

[rafian512345]

Hey guys,
I've a modest system with 128 MB RAM & 2.26 GHz Intel.
I know 2.26 GHz isn't a problem as such, but 128 RAM surely is
and becomes a system-hanger/lagger most of the time.

Plz suggest what according to you would be the optimum Linux version or any other for me.

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Check this poll for favorite distro for older/weaker computer hardware:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...re-2008-a.html

Let us know what you go with.

[coopstah13]

I think the biggest issue is the window manager you use, if you stick with low resource ones like xfce, fluxbox, fvwm, etc, you should be ok with the 128 ram. I find a debian net install without installing a window manager and then after getting it running in the command line, adding one of the low resource ones, you should get a pretty good system.

[smallzoo]

Trying to find the 'best' linux version for older hardware is really difficult. When I searched on the web everyone had a different choice, which I suppose is the idea of free open source software. To give you an idea. I got last week an old PII, 128Mb ram Toshiba tecra 8000. First I tried Puppy linux and it kept on hanging onthe install of video so I gave up on that. I next tried Del Linux.

The initial install was excellent. The problem was then in getting the USB, and sound to work. As it is not one the main distros I found it really difficuly getting any answers. Eventually I got through trial and error the USB working but not the sound

Now its crunch time again for me.. do I try to et deli working or try another like DSL or vector.. I am going to post a question to see what people think..

Good luck

[Jonathan183]

Got the 8000 with 92M ram, DSL runs no problem. Xubuntu also runs on it as well.

[smallzoo]

Thanks for that..

which would you recommend for the tasks I mentioned.. does one stand out better than another ?

[techieMoe]

Thanks for that..

which would you recommend for the tasks I mentioned.. does one stand out better than another ?

I think you'll find that no one can answer that but you. We can offer up our favorites for one reason or another but in the end you'll end up having to try a few and pick the one you like best.

[classicalcraig]

I personally found Xubuntu to run perfectly well on my old laptop which had 128M RAM and a lot less processor power than 2GHz.

It detected all my hardware, even the nonstandard touch pad.

It wasn't exactly racing when I opened OpenOffice, but it worked fine.