Knoppix doesn't work on either the t5026 or compaq sa4000t. Think it has to do with pci-express for knoppix as i get a screen saying video output out of range. As for the t5026, i have no clue, maybe because it also has a pci-express x1 slot.
SUSE 10.0- Doesn;t work on sa4000T. T5026 WOrks, but all i get is command prompt, but its in suse (I can see SUSE Logo, but it prompts me for login and stuff). Think its because i downloaded the wrong stuff, this was livedvd.
All three work (same situation for suse though) in my old compaq 5009SR which is slow. 1 GHz PIII, 256mB ram, 60gb hard drive, integrated everything.
I've downloaded fedora red hat, but don't have a hard drive to install it. I'm planning to download suse 10.0 evaluation copy as opposed to the livedvd which only has commandprompt. And also Mandrake linux.
If you have an old computer, such as the PIII, i would suggest the Linspire or Knoppix as their easy to use and don't take up that much system resources. It is also very similar to windows and you can try it out before installing to hard drive.
As for fedora, suse,and mandrake they need to be installed, and as i have no expreience, i dont pass judgement. Ubantu is also very popular, as whether there is a liveboot option, i dk. I suggest you try ubantu, knoppix and linspire first. Then move on to fedora, suse, and mandrake.
ROger
Thinking about getting my feet wet on a different OS...my hobby evolves...and am looking at a Linux OS.
How about Linspire 5.0?
Thanks for the info

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