Actually, depending on what applications you want to run; you may not *need* to even run X (which is ultimately the resource hog). Links -- (similar to the text based Lynx) can be compiled with the SVGA lib for a very small graphics based browser... http://freshmeat.net/projects/links/?topic_id=91%2C89%2C112%2C88 Play with larger distro's/tools on larger PC's first; otherwise the frustration will likely make you quit bothering with linux altogether. There were/are several projects to shoehorn linux installs into smaller systems --IE <128MB CF disks on netpliance boxes (Jailbait distro fit into the sandisk 16MB flash!). Quite a bit of stuff could be crammed (relatively) ; but you end up with a system that only a true hacker would be happy with or could appreciate. Check out freesco/floppy based distros as well as a number of MP3 linux player projects for cramming ideas. ----- Original Message ----- > >> Can you make a suggestion of a Linux distribution available for > >> download that could be easily installed and doesn't uses more than > >> 200MB (of HD when installed) but still can run OpenOffice, Mozilla -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics