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How can I turn a PII Laptop into a linux net admin tool?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I need to find a linux distribution for my old old laptop. Here’s the specs:
- PII 333 MHz Processor
- 96 MB RAM
- 3.3 GB Hard Drive
- No integrated NIC
- USB Ethernet Dongle (Linksys USB200M)
- 24X CDROM
- USB Port

I’m wanting to convert the laptop into a network admin tool. I’d like to use it to accomplish the following tasks:
- Monitor network nodes (PING, SNMP, Latency Tests)
- Network Connectivity and Routing Tests (Telnet, Dig, NSLOOKUP, etc)
- Packet Captures and packet analysis
- Web browsing
- Linux command practices
- GUI interface

So I’m looking for a distribution that will work with my specs and provide as much network tools and functionality as possible.

But wait, there’s more =P

I plan to leave the laptop up and running for long periods of time so I don’t want to use a “live cd” distribution… or rather, I need it to run off of the hard drive.

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a bootable slideshow?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

ok i have a huge problem. I am making a slideshow pictureframe out of an old laptop but all 4 of my harddrives went bad so now i dont have on OS. So i was going to do a live cd with linux but i dont have any place to store the pictures for the slideshow, is there a vesion of linux that allows you to create a live-cd slideshow? or is there another solution you guys may have to offer?

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Which is the best Live Cd Linux distrubution for my PentiumMMX 32MB RAM 3GB HD laptop?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I want to experiment Linux with my old laptop (memory upgraded to 128MB). What is the best linux distro for it besides DSL?

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Which Distribution of linux would be ideal?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I’m looking for a Live CD version of Linux to run a an old laptop. Basically what I want from the Linux distro is some form of GUI and USB flash drive support. It needs to run on these specs:

-Pentium III @ 450Mhz
-128MB RAM
-8MB Video memory
-about 6GB Hard Drive
- Currently runs Windows 98.
- It is a Dell Latitude CPx

So what would be ideal? Thanks for any suggestions.

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Should I install xubuntu, or stick with windows xp pro on my system?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I just got an old laptop from a family member a couple days ago (256mb of ram, 600 mhz celeron processor, and 8mb video ram) that has windows xp pro on it. It runs surprisingly well, however I want to try linux (preferably xubuntu, because it will be my first linux computer and I need it to run well on my old computer). Most of the applications I use are ported from linux anyways (open office, gimp, inkscape, firefox), so I don’t have a problem there. The most important thing to me would be a speedy operating system that doesn’t hang often. Do you think it would be a good idea to switch to xubuntu?

Also, it turns out that the copy of xp pro on this system is not genuine, as I ran the tool from microsoft (the people I got the laptop from don’t remember how they got xp since the computer is so old, but it seems to have come with ME and was upgraded. However, the only thing that that seems to mean is that I can’t get updates, but the rest of the operating system works fine. I think that means that if uninstall xp, I won’t be able to get it back.

PS: I tried the live cd, and xubuntu looked good but I can’t really make my decision based on that as it suffers a performance decrease because it is running off a cd. Thanks and sorry for the long question.
My hard drive is only 10gb (only 4gb left with windows installed) so I can’t really try wubi or dual boot.

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