water cooler :: Why did you get DSL?
DSL can really run on old hardware!
I am currently using a P1 75 with 32mb RAM. I replaced the hard disk with a 6GB since it crashed. Just created enough swap file (500mb) and wow it really works. The speed is okay. Not so fast but since I used it mostly for documents its okay.
I am still exploring it but at least my old computers have been given a new lease on life.
btw, I also have pentium 2s but since I can upgrade the memory to 256mb I am using Knoppix/Kanotix. It sure is great that I can use similar distros for low powered computers to more higher powered ones.
I got fed up of installing/re-installing bloated OSs cos the apps screwed up the works or put something somewhere I didn't know about. A bloated linux is just as bad as a screwed up m$bollocks system (see, I'm not biased 
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DSL is lean and mydsl apps are the future - truly standalone. It won't surprise me if they choose it to run something on a NASA mission one day! 
FYI, if you want to run knoppix on your 256MB machine and you miss the lightweight desktop/window manager Fluxbox that comes with DSL, you can start up knoppix and specify Fluxbox instead of KDE. You type:
knoppix desktop=fluxbox
and you will see a big improvement. Still not as fast and light as DSL, but much better than KDE.
I fell into DSL while looking for a distro to use in a Jukebox that will hold 200+ Cds on two 200Gb in uncompressed format and have excellent audio quality output.
My lack of understanding the filesystem has prevented my jukebox from happening but I now use DSL on a silenced 450Mhz PII for web cruzing while watching TV or listening to music.
How? I needed a file server
Why..Poverty, my main machine is a P3 600 with 256ram and only room inside for one hdd...My isp insists on hated xp or ME (why?...I'm working on that) so lack of space on my drive means that I needed to set up some other relics to act as "driveholders" to give me some secure, reliable space to keep all the things I download, and to store all my music on.
My husband keeps complaining about the "Frankenstein Monster" that is evolving in the spare room 2 P133's and a collection of various 486dx2's.(I asked for money, honest..when the electricity bill comes he will have to buy me a better computer, It's gonna be cheaper).....The spiders are very happy though, they got some warmth now!
DSL fits well with my life model...Lean Mean Cooking machine!
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