Ok as promised here is my run-down of Linux distros that I have tried to run on my PIII 600mhz/128mb laptop.

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Ah! My favorite Linux topic, seeing as all my machines are old as dirt, finding a distro that runs well is always nice. I gotta say,  that is one of the main reasons I love Linux, the right distribution can resurrect your favorite old box. I need to add a few of my favorites to his list: Slackware 10.2, Arch LInux and PcLinuxOS (using fluxbox or xfce as window managers and my latest install, Zenwalk. Zenwalk has been quite impressive.

For independent software vendors (ISV), one of the major problems in supporting GNU/Linux is the variety of package management systems. However, if the Free Standards Group has its way, the next version of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) will solve…

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