need a low-end distro recomend

[Joseph Sinclair]

Xubuntu (ubuntu, but with xfce, which is lighter weight than Gnome or KDE)
Puppy (REALLY small and lightweight, also surprisingly full-featured)
Feather (quite small and lightweight)
DSL (Da*n small linux) (ultra small, not very pretty)
Beatrix Linux (very small, simple, elegant, but no longer updated)
BeaFanatIX (successor to BeatrIX, http://bea.cabarel.com/)

Also check out GeexBox, which is more for HTPC use, but might provide a surprising multimedia experience on an older machine.

Josh Coffman wrote:
> I'm helping a friend.. I'm trying to extend the life of a WindowsME class machine. It has a 30 gig drive, and 128 meg ram.
> Forgot what processor it has. Can anyone offer a good distro suggestion?
> 
> I'll prolly need to get some basic audio & video playback working on it, along with basic web browsing & email.
> 
> Thanks,
> -j