Recommendations for a "light" OS

[obsidian]

I have my old clunker of a laptop that I'm interested in using as an internet terminal and wordprocessor - gonna stick it in my kitchen/living room or something so I can read recipes off it and other stuff.

Dell Latitude LM:
Pentium 133
64MB RAM

Recently installed Mandrake Linux on it, but it didn't run very well - perhaps had something to do with the GUI I was using (gnome or gtk, can't remember). I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a low system requirement OS that I can install on it.

Thanks.

Oh, I'll probably be sticking a wireless card in it so I'll need support/drivers for wireless on the OS as well.

[Foo]

133? Windows 98SE would run well, with a decent firewall and antivirus if you're taking it online.

Windows 2000 might run, I'm not sure.

[dzjepp]

Win98 SE + the unofficial service pack: http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

[+JuggerNaut+]

no, you'll need to get a Linux distro with an X window that's light (fluxbox?). if your wireless card is a decent brand it will be supported.

[obsidian]

I had 98 installed on it originally, but didn't ever like 98 since it was always rather flakey. I guess I'll try reinstalling it with that service pack and see how stable it runs.

(Linux noob) Any specific recommendations for a Linux distro and X-window?

[^misantropia^]

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

[Foo]

I had 98 installed on it originally, but didn't ever like 98 since it was always rather flakey. I guess I'll try reinstalling it with that service pack and see how stable it runs.

(Linux noob) Any specific recommendations for a Linux distro and X-window?

98 and SE are very different, assuming you had the original 98 installed. SE was actually... well, good

[obsidian]

Sorry, meant 98SE. It was OK, I suppose. I'll try it with the patch and/or with Linux and see how things go. Thanks guys.

[shiznit]

A tweaked version of 95 or 98?