{"product_id":"2940012705938","title":"4mb Laptop HOWTO","description":"1.1. Why this document was written.\u003cbr\u003eI got my hands on two elderly laptops, both with just 4mb RAM and small (\u0026lt;=200mb) hard drives. I wanted to install Linux on them. The documentation for this kind of laptop all recommends installing either a mini-Linux or an old (and therefor compact) version of one of the professional distributions. I wanted to install an up-to-date professional distribution.\u003cbr\u003e1.2. What use is a small laptop?\u003cbr\u003ePlenty. It isn't going to run X or be a development box (see ``Which components to install?'') but if you are happy at the console you have a machine that can do e-mail, networking, writing etc. Laptops also make excellent diagnostic\/repair tools and the utilities for that will easily fit onto small laptops.\u003cbr\u003e1.3. Why not just upgrade the laptop?\u003cbr\u003eUpgrading old laptops is not much cheaper than upgrading new ones. That's a lot to spend on an old machine, especially considering that the manufacturer isn't supporting it any more and spare parts are hard to find.","brand":"New Century Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068577038576,"sku":"2940012705938","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012705938_p0.jpg?v=1763571955","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012705938","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}