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I'm afraid that's the only one i am aware of.

Ill give it a whirl right now, thanks smile.gif + rep'd
Edited by Eric335 - 9/21/12 at 8:39pm
    
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How about Puppy Linux?
   
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post #13 of 24

I believe Puppy Dog Linux is another small one.

 

 

Ninja'd. I read too slow I guess.

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How about Puppy Linux?

Edited by animal0307 - 9/21/12 at 8:48pm
    
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post #14 of 24
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Wow thats an interesting one. If DSL doesnt work for me, ill try that. Thanks! smile.gif
    
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DSL is cool looking and only idles at like 4% CPU usage, but what i need is a bigger OS to install onto the HDD and eliminate all instances of windows...
    
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post #16 of 24

Bigger OS, what for? Can't you wipe the drive while installing or Gparted or BootNuke to start fresh?

    
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post #17 of 24
My grandparents have that same Compaq! I love the sticker that says, "Never Obsolete" biggrin.gif
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DSL is cool looking and only idles at like 4% CPU usage, but what i need is a bigger OS to install onto the HDD and eliminate all instances of windows...

Not sure what you mean by 'bigger OS' either, but if you'd like to try something a bit easier to use there is xubuntu. Still might be a bit too much for those old machines, but it's worth a shot!

http://xubuntu.org/

I don't know how much ram you have in those, but if it's less than 256mb then you should use the alternate 32bit installation. Good luck and let us know how things turn out! thumb.gif
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Have you looked at linux mint? they make 3 different versions based off gnome, KDE and deban i think its called. That have live CD but it leaves alot of programs out you will have to download and install.
 
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post #19 of 24
Just install Windows XP. If this is a temporary PC like you say then you don't even need a CD Key, just run it for the 120 day trial.
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post #20 of 24
Try SliTaZ. http://www.slitaz.org/en/ Very nice OS in a 35mb (yes, you read that right 35 whopping megabytes) download.

Edit: oh yeah and Puppy linux, Tiny Core, AntiX. Just google linux for older hardware.
Edited by z3r0_k00l75 - 10/7/12 at 9:36pm
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