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> I have a toshiba libretto P75 32M Ram and 810M HDD
> Windoze is starting to go a bit flakey...
Right hardware, wrong OS! ;) P75's are kick arse machines without the cruft
and junk that Windows brings...
> install everything and then cull things out or install only things I need
Depends on the distro. I know that if you're using Debian, you can do an
incredibly minimal install very easily, then you just add what you need.
If you're working with another distro, do a minimal dekstop install and rip
out heaps of stuff. It may be harder, but that's the way it is. :)
> Is X going to run OK on it ?
Sure. Unless you're running a high-everything-consumption environment. Try
WindowMaker, or lwm, depending on what niceties you like. You can trust me
to yell "lwm" whenever someone asks for a lightweight window manager. I'll
even de-randomize my quote at the bottom especially for the occasion.
> Am I going to be able to surf ok with it ? should I use Netscrape or others?
Netscape will run okayishly, but you're best to grab an old version 3 if you
really want a graphical browser. I'd recommend Galeon too, but it's a bit
heavier.
Of course, you could bypass all of that and use links on a console. :)
> Is there any benefit on going to X4?
Perhaps. It seems to be a little lighter, and I've found that it uses less
RAM. I'd be interested to see a really good comparison...
> would it perform OK as a surf station and IPMASQ firewall?
Laptops make *great* firewalls. Until you walk out the door and leave your
network hanging. :) I'm running a very well-performing gateway on a 486 with
24mb of RAM. You should be fine. Don't run squid on it though!
> Any other generall suggestions or experiences would be good
You may run into some hardware troubles - make sure you know *exactly* what
video chipset you're dealing with, and look up your machine on the Linux
laptops list...
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
- Jeff
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