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Most of you seem to be forgetting that initial poster was asking for a distro for an extremely old PC so that really rules out most of the mainstream distros like Fedora and Ubuntu and such as they do come with the "bloated" window managers out of the box. There was also a reference to no netinstalls and as few CDs as possible so that also rules out quite a few more.

Thats why the initial recommendations were things like DSL because of their size and contents. However that xubuntu thing sounds a bit more appropriate compared to most of the suggestions but Ubuntu is still very bloated and you don't need most of what is included (and anything you do need you can download once the OS is installed and the network is running correctly).

i like centos

why not to install gentoo,
just add packs u need, and thats it

why not to install gentoo?
just add packs u need, and thats it

you're right enquiry, but windows doesnt give you challenge. Hehe.. I think you should explore more.. Try using other OS beside Windows.

Ubuntu works well for me its worked on my *old* 700Mhz box from way back when...

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redhat linux is what i have on one of my pc's and it works pretty good
and it free. www.linuxiso.org you can get several linux os's for free there on an
image file.

If you're trying out distros - to see what will work best on your hardware - I'd try out some Live CDs first. That way there is "no" risk and you can immediately see what hardware that distro supports. Some that I have used are Slax, Knoppix, Gentoo and Ubuntu. This dude has a list: http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

As a shell admin told me, debian is the best choice for beginners. I installed it on my own computer and it's great. I've heard that fedora needs a lot of resources so I wouldn't recommend that one.