Linux on old computers Forum!

I've seen a recent flurry of posts in Ubuntuforums regarding putting Linux on old computers, so I decided to make a forum to centralize this.
Link is here: http://looc.forumer.com (yes, Forumer. I fail. I know.)

Esteguan: Now on the internet!

I got the D-Link wireless card, and it works perfectly with Dreamlinux.
Only problem is that, (with Dreamlinux), I have no way of knowing what network I'm connected to.
I'm assuming it's connected to my home network, but what if I travel? (Which I will do frequently with it until I get Oofleschmoop working, because it's smaller than Blokhmen.)
I may just have to install nm-applet...
Update: I installed it and it's working fine now. I just have to remember to auto-start it.

Update time!

Regarding those 4 computers I got to take home.
I got X working on Nettlewark, but with 16MB RAM I may actually just install BasicLinux and compile twin
I got Arch working on Zileo, with e16 and a bunch of other fun apps. (like Netscape :D)
I got 92% of Wolvix installed on Nesuro, but since I fail at life the parts that didn't install were the package manager (Gslapt) and the terminal. And a bunch of other stuff.
I got X working on that Packard Bell too (with DeLi), which I didn't name yet. Uh, Zitrak?
Cool.
And I've come to the conclusion that Minix 2 would work well on that Packard Bell, the only problem being that I intend to run twin on it and I don't know the requirements for twin or if it will work on Minix 2.

4 more computers

Remember this one?
The one I failed to install DSL to?
Well, thanks to Smart Boot Manager, I managed to get DeLi on it. Despite a few minor issues (X not working), it runs nicely. I'm going to dub this one... uh... hmm... Nettlewark.




And this one, not sure if I discussed it yet, ate my CD last time. It works now (senile old computers), and DeLi is working on it too. Well, with the same issues.

It's a Packard Bell 820 (well, it says that's the model #...) with 30MB RAM.






I nabbed two more eMachines eTower 400i's (that makes 6...) one with 256MB RAM and the other with 128MB.

I'll dub them Zileo and Nesuro.
Screw logical naming schemes.

Although I didn't take these home, I did get to see a 1987 (I guess, latest copyright info) IBM PC


Don't worry, I just took the case off to dust it out.
It came with MS-DOS 4 in a floppy and IBM PC Basic without the MS-DOS floppy. It has 640K RAM (It should be enough for anybody) and what looks like no HDD. I was informed it was used for making bar codes.
Linux on it? Sure, find me a Linux distro that fits on a 1MB formatted 3.5" floppy and will run nicely in 640K.
I'll bake you cookies if you can get it to run X.




I then found a slightly less obsolete Packard Bell L.E.G.E.N.D. with 3MB RAM and MS-DOS (not sure which version). It has a 486 with who knows what clock speed. I think that Linux would actually be a bad idea for this, maybe I could try running FreeDOS with OpenGEM or KolibriOS.

I intend to come back because of a few Pro-Techs I'd like to try with Basic Linux (which I have the two floppies for now).

DeLi is working on Astuguor now

When I installed it (I thought having DSL on all those systems was a bit much), I tried to start X... and it didn't work. So now after some trying, I fixed X (it was looking for the mouse in /dev/input/mice instead of /dev/psaux) and I set up IceWM a bit.
Pros of DeLi:
Fast
Light; The apps included (Konquerer, Abiword) only take up 1MB RAM for some reason... (probably the same with DSL, can't confirm it though.)
Cons:
Needs a bit of configuration to get really working
Still in Beta (at .7.2 I think)
And from what I can read on the forums, very little software outside of the defaults will install on it. That said, the defaults are great.

All in all it was a great choice for this computer.

antiX

It's back on Eckle becuase I got fed up with messed up Fluxbuntu.

It's fairly slow, though Fluxbuntu wasn't much better. I'm thinking of installing Arch when I'm smarter when I have the time.

The countdown

I might as well put this here.

Sure, Ubuntu won't run on these oldies, but many of the light derivatives would benefit from 8.04.
I also use Ubuntu personally...