On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Herbert Graf <hkgraf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've got an ancient P200 laptop that I'd like to use as a automated
> backup unit.
>
> Basically all I want it to do is serve files, and backup a network share
> using rsync.
>
> Obviously I don't need anything fancy, however I do require wifi to work
> (using an ancient Linksys PCMCIA 802.11b network card).
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> I currently have xubuntu 6.06 installed on it and it works, but it's
> pretty heavy in resource usage.
>
> Thanks for any recommendations!

As far as old computers go, nothing beats Debian Linux in my opinion.
Just get the netinstall ISO and you should be good to go. It installs
fast, boots fast, and runs fast. When you install it, you get nothing
but a shell and the bare minimum.

I recommend upgrading to the Testing version though, as Stable tends
to be a bit old (yet very stable). Testing has never failed me so far
though.
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