I’m not attempting to hijack the thread but you seem like a great person to ask. I have an old PC that I’m thinking of putting linux on but I am currious to know if it would be a waste of my time. It is a Dell Pentium II 300 MegaHertz with 192 Megs of RAM. Any suggestions?...JD
It depends on what your objective is. Sure, you could load a Linux distro on it, although it might be painful.
If you want to learn about Linux and understand more about drivers, (and possibly recompiling the kernel?) go for it. You’ll struggle enough with the exercise that you’ll actually learn a few things: what not to do, where to find stuff, etc.
If you want to use the system for every day purposes, don’t waste your time.