What would be the best Linux solution for me?

[JetpacksandRollerskates]

Hey Linux community I am completely new to linux.
and my friend suggested that I turned my old... Dell Pentium 3 in to a vintage gaming PC. It has 15GB of hard drive space and 256ram.

It is running Windows 2000 Pro right now but I would like to change that.

So what I need:

What version on linux should I use?
and will the gaming controllers that I have/want to use be compatible with Linux?

like I said I am completely new to this so..... baby steps.

Thanks

B - JetpacksandRollerskates

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

You can check this poll to see what our membership has voted as their favorite distro for older/weaker computer hardware:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...re-2009-a.html

Unfortunately, no one can tell you what you will like best, so in the end you'll have to try a few distributions to know for sure what best suits your own personal tastes, and works best with your computer hardware.

Hope it all goes well and you have lots of fun with it!

[JetpacksandRollerskates]

thank you so much. I will check that out for sure.

[computerophil]

my friend suggested that I turned my old... Dell Pentium 3 in to a vintage gaming PC. It has 15GB of hard drive space and 256ram.

It is running Windows 2000 Pro right now but I would like to change that.

I suggest you try some Distributions via LiveCD. So you see what works best and what you like best.
As you said gaiming Computer I wanted to inform you that most (Windows)-Games doesn't work on Linux. Did you considere that?
But there are Linux Games and there re 100s of onlinegames that can be played offline as well.

[Drunk_Mexican]

If you are new to Linux I would suggest with those specs Xubuntu or Puppy as they are easy to use (relatively speaking) and fast on the hardware you want to put them on.

[computerophil]

If you are new to Linux I would suggest with those specs Xubuntu or Puppy as they are easy to use (relatively speaking) and fast on the hardware you want to put them on.

I am a real Puppy-fan but with 256 MB RAM he has the choice to choose distro.
The main problem here is if linux can fulfill the expectation he has concerning gaming.

[EmperorNero]

Hey Linux community I am completely new to linux.
and my friend suggested that I turned my old... Dell Pentium 3 in to a vintage gaming PC. It has 15GB of hard drive space and 256ram.

It is running Windows 2000 Pro right now but I would like to change that.

So what I need:

What version on linux should I use?
and will the gaming controllers that I have/want to use be compatible with Linux?

like I said I am completely new to this so..... baby steps.

Thanks

B - JetpacksandRollerskates

I know very little, but I think xubuntu should work and it's also good for beginners.

[engless]

Your PC will work just fine with most Linuxs. You may just need to avoid the KDE and GNOMR desktops and use something light.

You could start with Knoppix or PCLinuxOS.

[elija]

If you are going for old windows games, you may get some mileage from wine, if you are talking real vintage PC games then there is always dosbox - which is a full dos emulator!

[Bemk]

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...e-posting.html

This will probably help you finding the right distro, but never the less, it is best to try out as many as possible.

If you want to find a Linux alternative for Windows applications, I suggest you look here:
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (Official site of the table)

And for windows games, I suggest you run a virtual machine. That works best most of the time.