LouisCribben
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I've a laptop bought in 1998, a Gateway Solo 5150 with Pentium II 333mhz and I think 320mb of Ram.
It used to run windows 98SE, but I want to run Linux on it.
Its fast enough to run XP, I installed it for evaluation, but I dont have an XP licence, so I need Linux.
Which version/distribution should I use ?
I need a plug and play version if possible (the less stuff I need to manually configure the better)
I need it to recognise my 3Com LAN CardBus ethernet PCMCIA card, and allow me to connect to my router to access the internet.
Has anybody tried Linux on their laptop ? Is it more trouble getting it to work with the hardware than it's worth ?
It used to run windows 98SE, but I want to run Linux on it.
Its fast enough to run XP, I installed it for evaluation, but I dont have an XP licence, so I need Linux.
Which version/distribution should I use ?
I need a plug and play version if possible (the less stuff I need to manually configure the better)
I need it to recognise my 3Com LAN CardBus ethernet PCMCIA card, and allow me to connect to my router to access the internet.
Has anybody tried Linux on their laptop ? Is it more trouble getting it to work with the hardware than it's worth ?