How to make an old laptop work with Linux?

It's easy since even a wolf can do it! ;)

Computer used: HP Omnibook xe4100 (1.2 MHz, 256 MB, no harddrive, 2 USB ports)
System: Puppy Linux

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[sieudaochich]

I don't think any distro can run on 1.2Mhz cpu. --____--

[LadyDiWolfe]

@sieudaochich :P It's a mistake, yeah.

[georemo1]

That laptop isn't as old as you think ! you can even install modern linux distros based on Gnome desktop on it ,

I have a Dell latitude 110l with Pentium M 1.6 Ghz CPU and 256 Mb of ram, I have installed on it many modern Ubuntu distros and ubuntu based linux distros, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Lubuntu 11.10, Xubuntu 11.04, Linux Mint 10 Gnome, Linux Mint 11Gnome, Backtrack 5 Gnome.

[LadyDiWolfe]

@georemo1 Pretty impressive! :)

[Nikiz001]

1.2 MHz? xD You mean 1.2 GHz? 1.2Mhz is almost like NES/Commodore 64..

PS: You are finnish? I recognize it from your accent.. :D

[LadyDiWolfe]

@Nikiz001 That's true, I did a mistake there: it's 1.2 GHz.

Finnish? You have an ear for accents.

[shadow444222]

@georemo1 strange i had the latitude D810 and the battery in that was dead for me as well.

[georemo1]

@shadow444222

Thanks for the advice but that lap is ugly and heavy and the battery is wasted, I will use it as it is until I buy another one, I'm a college student so I need a better lap.

Merci pour ton conseil en tout cas.

[shadow444222]

@georemo1 add some more ram and upgrade to the 2.0 ghz Pentium m cpu and you could run games on that ting.

[Tombuutkamp2000]

You are to old for YouTube! GTF YT!

[LadyDiWolfe]

@freakcsongi Yaaay!

[LadyDiWolfe]

@KoltTv Thanks. :)

[LadyDiWolfe]

@pcpik3r I woke up as a girl every day. Although with all this hair I can't ever be sure... :P