Hi James,
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 08:42:36AM +0000, James Ogley wrote:
> A friend of mine's just bought an old laptop[1] for his kids to use and
> wants to install Linux on it. It's only got 64M of RAM and a 6G hard
> drive.
>
FYI that has 64MB on the motherboard and one slot which (according to
crucial [0]) can take up to 128MB, however another site [1] it can take up
to 256MB making a total of 320MB, rendering it a much more capable machine.
> Does anyone have experience of [relatively] modern Linuxes that are
> targeted at low-spec/old hardware and can make a recommendation?
>
DSL, Xubuntu?
Cheers
Al.
[0]
http://crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Armada%201750
[1]
http://wireball.com/cms/armada_1750_repair