After getting the laptop squared away I decided to take the plunge on my desktop computer. But first I'll tell what I finally decided on for the laptop (Celeron 433, 128mb, 12gb HD).
I ended loading Xandros on it, and that was simply because it was the only distro that handled my Microsoft
MN-520 and surprisingly my Linksys WUSB11, which is notorious for being a bear to setup in most distros. I was close to getting SUSE 9.1 on it but I couldn't get the display past 800x600. I'm more forgiving of linux being finicky on this circa 2000 laptop. All the distros I tried on it worked but failed to work with the WiFi card, they all recognized the 3com PCMCIA no problem... But being wired on a laptop kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
Xandros 3.0 OCE (Open Circulation Edition) is a very solid and stable OS. It mirrors WinXP Pro very closely and is easy to navigate. Out of all the distros, Xandros has the best file manager of them all. It also comes out the box ready for work. It recognized my USB stick and I was able to stream MP3's easily. I wasn't able to play MP3's on some distros for whatever reason, the player would show the song was playing but no sound.
I would say I have the equivalent of a PIII 500 WinXP Pro laptop under Xandros 3 OCE. It's not the zippiest of all but I'm sure it's fairing alot better than it would if WinXP Pro was on it. The laptop is definitely useable now, it's perfect for surfing and wordprocessing.
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