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hi i have a IBM Thinkpad 600 and tried alot of linux distros and they all dont work
SPECS:IBM Thinkpad 600
Intel Pentinum 2 (300MHz I Think)
CD-ROM Installed
256 MB RAM
Windows XP Worked on it.
Help plzGoogle is your friend

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Linux on IBM ThinkPad 600 http://www.levien.com/tp600.html

Installation INSTRUCTIONS for the ThinkPad 600 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_600 including links to:

    Installing Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) on an IBM ThinkPad 600 Model 2645-51U
    Mandrake 10.1 on a ThinkPad 600
    SUSE 7.2 on a ThinkPad 600
    UBUNTU 5.10 on a ThinkPad 600
    SUSE 8.2 and Kanotix on a ThinkPad 600
    Fedora Core 3 on a ThinkPad 600
    Alexander Krumeichs Red Hat 7.1 on a ThinkPad 600 page
    Raph Leviens Red Hat on a ThinkPad 600 page
    Bernard Reissbergs Linux on a ThinkPad 600 page
    OpenBSD on a ThinkPad 600
    Steve Grubbs Red Hat 7.3 on a ThinkPad 600 page
    Greg Watsons Linux on ThinkPad 600 page
    John Langfords Linux on a ThinkPad 600 page

Linux on a Thinkpad 600 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jcl/linux/thinkpad_600.html




YAY THX
my problem is with RAM But THEY WORK!!!
(Relied off of freedos for 8 Months now!!!)VectorLinuxI have an old medion computer that had 256 mb ram< I upgraded it to 1 gb and it worked wonders! check out crucial or one of the other ram CHIP sellers it is worth the cost! linux runs great! check out ubuntu is is good for beginners!Puppy Linux. . . done.



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