On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:35:16 -0800, hdneto17 wrote:

> Hi everybody!
>
> I am formating this computer for my sister. Now this computer is very
> old 500 MHz and 128mb. I am installing windows 98 and I would also like
> to install a very light version of linux. Which distribution of Linux,
> perferbably one that has a graphical interface, do you suggest.
>
> Thank You.

Until recently I was running Mandrake 10.x and Ubuntu on a Compaq 7470
with 533mhz AMD-K3. It had a little more memory, but performance was
bearable. I'd suggest more memory - 384mb would be good.

I very much recommend you look at Elive. It is a live CD which uses
enlightenment for the desktop and can be installed from the live CD with a
click of a button (or two). I've been running it on a couple of machines
as slow as 200 mhz, and it's really very nice. Enlightenment is quite
different from MS, so it would take some getting used to. Elive is a
Debian derivative, so updates, upgrades, installs are trivial using
synaptic.