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

[zvi]

I use Xubuntu on a 2003 dell. It came with Abiword installed, which is a decent, if not excessively flashy word processor.

for long form writing, I actually like to use SuperNoteCard, which lets you organize your work in cards instead of one long flat file, and it works fine as long as you install the JRE.

ohh supernotecard looks very shiny

[faintdreams]

I'd not heard of it before, and will defiantly try it out thanks !

[kerravonsen]

For long form writing, I use TiddlyWiki, which is less specialized than SuperNoteCard, but the wiki form allows you to do similar things. I like it mainly because I can keep everything in one file, and yet keep the notes on a story separate from the story proper. Also, being able to edit from one's browser makes it really portable.