Suggestion for best Distro to put onto an old laptop

[faintdreams]

I have an ancient (but otherwise fully functional) Toshiba laptop. It is a Satillite 220CDS.

I want to use it as a stand alone writing machine, (with ability ti save to a usb stick), and I think that Linux is probably the best way to go, but I am unsure which linux distro would be the least amount of hassle to install.

The gui doesn't have to be too snazzy (I've used fluxbox before so I'm not afraid of minimalism), but whatever I use it has to support a competent word processing package

My google fu is failing me so I welcome any suggestions.

Thanks (in advance)

Faintdreams

Duh posted to personal journal and no community one  !

Comments

[altarwise]

So Google tells me that a Toshiba Satellite 220CDS has just 16MB of RAM. If that's true then first up, good luck not punching the screen through with frustration when trying to run X and GUI apps, if you're in any way impatient. Secondly, look at very light distros with legacy support like Damn Small Linux. I can't say how easy it is to install, since I've never used it. Thirdly, Abiword definitely is the way to go if you can. Anything lighter you'll be sacrificing features you imply you probably want.

Abiword is probably my best bet

[faintdreams]

I have used it before, and it's feature rich enough for me, but Zvi (see comment above) suggested SuperNoteCard so I might also try that.

And I am a procrastinator extraordinaire so using a sloooow machine is my way of *focusing on the writing and nothing else*.

But yes fair point about slow GUI's and their ability to test a persons patience.

I used DamnSmallLinux once before and didn't like it but that was years ago so I will give it another look, as a lot can change in that time. Thanks