> 1. Easy to install
> 2. Fairly full featured with built in software
> 3. Will work with this piece of antiquated machinary

Well ,you're unlikely to get anything particularly full featured on a
2G HDD, but you can safely fit XFree86, a window manager, and Mozilla
etc on 2 gigs.

I'd recommend slackware linux as a distro, and windowmaker as a window
manager. Windowmaker takes a bit of getting used to, but it'll run much
smoother than KDE or GNOME on an old machine.

Also, gentoo's good but I have no experience with it.

Cheers
--Colin Horne

Failed to mention: 16 mb RAM...'oh!

xrobevansx wrote:
> Failed to mention: 16 mb RAM...'oh!

Try Vector Linux.

http://www.vectorlinux.com/

>From their version 1.8 - I believe 2.2x kernel

"System Requirements:
VL is designed to run well even on older hardware. To run VL,
you'll need at least a 386 processor and 16MB RAM. A full install
of VL requires 350MB hard drive space. "

I think that with version 2.0 they started to use kernel 2.4x

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:25:05 -0800, Colin Horne wrote:

>
> Also, gentoo's good but I have no experience with it.
>

Although I use (and love) Gentoo, I would not recommend it for use on
such an old system just for the fact that you are going to have to
compile just about everything. This could be very frustrating on a
slow system and could even be bad for an old laptop (heat issues and
such).

--
Trevor Fancher
PGP Key ID: BE946191

What version is best for my hardware? Basically, this is the rundown:
· Model Toshiba 225CDS
· Manufacturer Toshiba
· Product Line Satellite
· Battery Type Lithium Ion
· Average Battery Life 3 H
· Input Device Keyboard, Trackpoint
· Weight 7.0546 Lb
· Processor Manufacturer Intel
· Processor Type Pentium
· Processor Speed 133 MHz
· Bus Speed 66 MHz
· Level 2 Cache 256 KB
· Hard Drive Capacity 1.4 GB
· Hard Drive Interface IDE / EIDE
· Installed Memory 16 MB
· RAM Type EDO DRAM
· Max Supported RAM 144 MB
· Drive Type CD-ROM
· Screen Type LCD Passive Matrix
· Video Memory 2 MB
· Max Resolution 1280 x 1024

I saw the download sites but wasn't sure about which version was best,
as well as how to unzip a bz2 (or b2z) file?

Little confused... :\

Rob in NJ