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Go easy on it First off, you probably want to use something old-hat. And boring. Try Debian or Fedora. Maybe SuSE. Ehh, maybe even Ubuntu. Slackware if you feel like it. I say stick with the Debian. If you're doing anything graphical (I suggest NOT), either keep it simple or be very, very patient. Blackbox is good at simple. KDE is good at teaching you patience (and frankly, I'm not so sure whether a 133MHz laptop + KDE is a good combo). I think you'll probably want to just install Blackbox if anything. When you set it up, get 64MB of swap. That way, you aren't wasting too much space, but you do have enough space... but if you can get your paws on more RAM, it'd be worth it. What will you do with this computer? You gotta think lightweight for just about everything. If you are going to do word processing, use Abiword or Koffice (if you use KDE, that is). Browsing? Hrm, try dillo. If you use KDE, try konqueror (probably not enough RAM). Use Opera (probably not enough RAM). Firefox? Out of the question, you don't have enough RAM. Either way, it's kind of not a good idea to use it to surf graphically, you should probably just get the hang of lynx or links2 or w3m. Games? You are... ouch... out of luck. Just install Win95 or DOS for that. MP3? Probably not fast enough. Learn to know what files to delete to save space. Use text console if at all possible. Don't expect anything out of the battery.... So... what else you need to know?