Linked by Og Maciel on Tue 25th Jan 2005 20:24 UTC
In my never ending search for the ultimate challenge, I decided to remove Gentoo Linux from my trusty laptop and install something else that wasn't as resource starving. Thus, Debian was selected.
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I've happily used many of the popular distros on an old P633 PC with 256MB and very humble i610 integrated graphics.
As other have said, its worth increasing the memory if you prefer KDE or GNONE desktops. If the PC likewise has integrated graphics, you might also consider putting in a graphics card to improve speed or incase of weak driver support.
Distro choice is largely personal taste, so I order a bunch of liveCDs by mail ( http://www.budgetlinuxcds.com is very current & cheap). You can try them out and check for look & feel, package selection, HW compatibility, configuration tools, forums etc.
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php has a complete list liveCDs sortable by name, ISO size or function.
Me, I currently like ProMepis & even more PCLinuxOS. They compress about 1.9GB of very sane app choices into onto 1 CD and both have clean well organised menus. One is Debian based with KDE & GNOME desktops. The other has Mdk drake tools and you can re-master your own custom liveCD.
Its all good and thankfully varied.