DSL on a Toshiba Satellite 2550 CDT?

Forum: Laptops
Topic: DSL on a Toshiba Satellite 2550 CDT?
started by: GSV Consolation of Dreams

Posted by GSV Consolation of Dreams on July 14 2005,10:53

Hello everyone,

I'd like to try out a Linux distro on the above mentioned Laptop, I've tried newer LiveCD distros like Knoppix and Ubuntu but they ran at roughly the speed of continental drift.

Do you think DSL would run on this PC?, if so, is there a particular version you would recommend?

Stats:
Processor: Intel Celeron 366 MHz
Data Bus Speed: 66 MHz
RAM: 64 MB
Hard Drive 4.3 GB
1 24x CD-ROM
Max Resolution: 800 x 600 / 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Graphics Processor / Vendor: Trident Cyber 9525 - PCI
Video Memory: 2.5 MB
Max Resolution (external): 1280 x 1024 / 8-bit (256 colours)
Supported Display Graphics: VGA (640x480), XGA (1024x768), SVGA (800x600)

Posted by skaos on July 14 2005,12:56

DSL should run fine (maybe except some colour problems). Knoppix needs more memory than 64 MB (you may try Icewm instead of KDE, it may just work).

Posted by torp on July 19 2005,13:40

DSL runs great on my Toshiba 2595CDT....400mghz...64meg......64gb hdd.........very snappy, very fast......now, if it wasn't for that damn winmodem.....urrgghhhhh.

torp