On 25 Feb 2007 08:51:51 -0800, asc wrote:
> Hello,
> I've decided it's about time to learn a programming language and I
> believe the best platform to use would be linux. I've managed to get
> hold of an older machine (intel celeron processor, 64MB of RAM and a
> 10gb hard drive) and I'm just wondering what distro of Linux will run
> on this. I'm sure I've heard somewhere that Linux can run on slower
> machine because it's more light weight than windows, is this still
> true?

Yes. Using the search tip below I get

Results 1 - 10 of 284 for older machine "64MB of RAM" group:*linux*


I put for older machine in the first box
and 64MB of RAM in the second box
and *linux* in the Newsgroup box ( that's astrisk linux astrisk)


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Please bookmark the following, very large,
Frequently Asked Questions (faq) Search engine:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
key word(s) in the first box
*linux* in Newsgroup box. You need to use the two
asterisks around linux, pick English

If you want/need more control over the first box search,
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

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