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.

Want to stir up a real flood of posts? Ask for suggestions as to which language
to learn.

> 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?
> Many thanks for your help.

All the Redhats up through 9 installed on a 10G drive. However since you are
just going for programming you can forgo any graphics interface so even the
latest Fedora Core should install. Simply choose minimum install and no GUI.

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