Linux offers some additional options for weak hardware as well.  Ubuntu
has a nice smaller cousin named Xubuntu that runs nicely on PIIIs.  For
PIIs, you might want to try out Damn Small Linux (aka DSL) or Peanut
Linux.  I haven't tried Peanut Linux in a while, but DSL makes old
hardware just sing.

-Kevin


Ed Leafe wrote:
>       Without a GUI, Linux can indeed run on some weak hardware, but the  
> GUI requirements of any OS put the same load on a machine. If the  
> machine would run XP slowly, it will probably run Ubuntu slowly, too.
> 




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