> I recently saw a suggestion for LUBUNTU as a lighterweight, but nearly full > bodied distro. (Sounds like a coffee brew!) Larry Clemens +1 at lubuntu(precise). during bootup my 640MB box says: Memory: 622564k/655360k available (5667k kernel code, 32344k reserved, 2747k data, 688k init, 0k highmem) Detected 348.471 MHz processor. Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 696.94 BogoMIPS (lpj=348471) browsing is an unreasonable test of patience on this box, all else works reasonably (including browsing via vnc). other boxes come and go (to the scavenge pile) at a sorry rate, and this old compaq is still my trusty fallback. puppy is great when you need it but not really practical if you can do any better. i find lubuntu to be a realistic environment, ubuntu repos available in entirety.