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As it might sound, while i am waiting on the RMA of several of my computer pieces, i am rebuilding some old computers into some custom rigs. The problem is that i need to re-format a HDD and load a new OS onto it. The HDD that this computer has can hold a whopping 9GB max, so it needs to be a slim OS. These two computers are from the mid 90's, so their processors are rated at around 600Mhz and 800mhz each lol Here are some photos:








Eventually i might switch over to the 800mhz Celeron in the other computer i took apart, but for now, i dont want to go to that effort for something so dumb.

What i need to do is load a new OS since the current one was a work computer and i do not have administrative rights for just about anything, so ill need to load up a new OS. I was thinking of doing a Linux, but im not sure which one. I just need the lightest and smallest OS that can run thigns like videos or simple programs, internet, etc. This build is for fun, not for performance thumb.gif


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You can try out Ubuntu or linux mint, I have successfully installed both of those onto my laptop, but had a problem with the nvidia video card driver working. Cant remember how I fixed it as I got bored with both distros and wanted all my had drive space back. lol
 
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win98 maybe? redhat? idk...it's..somewhere in between win95 and xp..xp will fit on 9 gb no prob..You could go Linux, too.
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Quote:
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win98 maybe? redhat? idk...it's..somewhere in between win95 and xp..xp will fit on 9 gb no prob..You could go Linux, too.

Yeah but good luck finding a legit copy of WinXP right now, I havent seen one since Win7 came out. And I wouldnt dare put 98 SE on a computer ever again!!! Granted it was not as horrible as ME but still haha.
 
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Win 7 Starter


Its what netbooks come with so doesn't have a huge foot print
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Justswapped over to the 800mhz Celereon, and am loading up Linux MATE hopefully smile.gif
    
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Turns out Linux 13 MATE was too big of a file for a CD and the computer cannot read DVDs, i tried. What should i do now??? Looking to make a live CD iso smaller than 700MB
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You could run DSL (Damn Small Linux)

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Quote:
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You could run DSL (Damn Small Linux)

I was actually just looking at that on Google. Besides DSL, what other OS's would be acceptable for simple programs?
    
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I'm afraid that's the only one i am aware of.

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