This blog is being typed from an old Pentium 200MMX with a whopping 40 megabytes of RAM!
I always wanted to get Linux running on an old compuer to see how it is, with the right distribution, it is not bad at all!
I decided to try Damn Small Linux, and installed to a small partition on the hard drive (less than 500MB). It boots up in about 1.5 minutes to X. The package manager is really top knotch. Packages are downloaded and installed as needed. Performance is pretty good, on par with Windows 98 for most tasks, and much better then Windows for video/audio playback. So, if you want to bring life back to a machine built 8 to 10 years ago, give it a try.
In other news, saw an old, white guy with a long, grey beard, rapping in front of a White Castle . The things you see when you take a different route home.