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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> To compare apples and apples the EEEPC was fine as just a GUI. It was 
> when you wanted to use a web browser and email it collapsed in a 
> fainting fit

You can run an email client and web browser on a Commodore 64, it's
the popular ones that are insanely bloated which are the trouble.
Dillo runs excellently on mine. With the RAM upgraded to 2GB
Firefox (with about:config tweaks and NoScript) is usable for
occasional tasks as well actually.

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