I want to install Linux on a old laptop that's probably has a 133mhz cpu on it. I want it to be as user friendly as you can get and work well with the limited specs that I have. Any names of ones to try?

133mhz Intel Toshiba Satellite.There are a few to try, it's all about trial and error. and seeing as the distros are free you can try as MANY os you like! First if your sytem spec is really low i'd try dsl (*censored* small Linux) http://damnsmalllinux.org/ It surprisingly a small and low resource Linux package, low on features and not especially user friendly.

Next i'd say Mandriva, I use it on one of my old laptops. Well established and a mix of features user friendliness and relatively low system resources. http://www.mandriva.com/

If you're looking for something that is closer to Windows and very user friendly i'd say Ubuntu. It's what i would suggest to a new Linux user. easy to transfer over from windows to Linux. but does come with higher system requirements. http://www.ubuntu.com/

All the distributions above are free to download and work as 'LiveCDs' which means if you burn them to CD you can boot to that CD and just run without Linux touching your hard drive, which is GREAT for testing and trying out the distro.

FBQuote from: fireballs on November 26, 2008, 06:34:37 PM

There are a few to try, it's all about trial and error. and seeing as the distros are free you can try as many os you like! First if your sytem spec is really low i'd try dsl (d**n small Linux) http://damnsmalllinux.org/ It surprisingly a small and low resource Linux package, low on features and not especially user friendly.

Next i'd say Mandriva, I use it on one of my old laptops. Well established and a mix of features user friendliness and relatively low system resources. http://www.mandriva.com/

If you're looking for something that is closer to Windows and very user friendly i'd say Ubuntu. It's what i would suggest to a new Linux user. easy to transfer over from windows to Linux. but does come with higher system requirements. http://www.ubuntu.com/

All the distributions above are free to download and work as 'LiveCDs' which means if you burn them to CD you can boot to that CD and just run without Linux touching your hard drive, which is great for testing and trying out the distro.

FB

Satellite Pro 440CDX?

I have that one... but it's CD-ROM drive doesn't work properly.