> For those curious, I wouldn’t actually recommend trying Linux on an older machine unless you’re willing to custom compile your system, I do a lot of retro com

> For those curious, I wouldn’t actually recommend trying Linux on an older machine unless you’re willing to custom compile your system, I do a lot of retro computing, and modern Linux is just kind of big. I don't follow. Win2K is ok on older machines, but for Linux it must be a 'modern' one? I can assure you that a Linux distribution of the Win2K era will run at least as efficiently on such hardware as Win2K. I wouldn't necessarily recommend going on-line with either though. If one absolutely must run current software on museum-piece hardware, then I'd recommend NetBSD for which time moves much more slowly than Linux.