I recommend Slax, which is a scaled down version of Slackware Linux. It is relatively small (less than 180 MB), has the KDE user interface and most the stuff you need to run a decent desktop system. Plus, since it is a "live-CD," you can load it on any computer without having to install it to the harddrive. Oh, and it is modular so you can add to it by downloading modules from the Slax website (above) that install from floppy or USB drive during boot.

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Sounds like you need a linux distro.

You can get versions that come on a couple of floppies or upto 1.5gig.

Take a look at this link to see if there is anything that might suit you.

http://bengross.com/smallunix.html

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Ever heard of heyos? Very simple, very basic os designing software. Its free! Unfortunatly you can't have any GUI in your os but, its great if you want your computer to do some function, without designating a program. Example, if you own a store, and you want to have all the computers access a database, but not let the database be a program, just show up when the computer loads. It's great. I downloaded it some years ago and cant seem to find it right now to give you a link, but see if you can find it.

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the best opperating system for a server is red hat linux because it is free or you can use windows server 2003 even tho its not free its still good

for a home computer i would recomend linux because a its powerfull and b its fast there are loads of linux opperating systems for you there are about 0 of them for different purposses
so just chose what u want to use

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yeah, I have an old computer in my attic that I forgot about and I set it up, but I use slax and the resolution is so low that I can't view entire windows, so I can't install it yet, but I can't install it anyway because it dosent see my 40 GB hard drive. Help!!!

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Linux, Linux, Linux...

That is the best one I will vote

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i've read the thread quickly and hope don't double another post but i would reccomend to gat a look on www.distrowatch.com where distros are listed ,reviewed and statisticizided(wow,hope you understand,hehe)and where you can learn very much about linux.Yes it's the best free OS out there but count in the BSDs and now OpenSolaris.As a server i would look very deep over FreeBSD(personal chioce-read some reviews)and as a desktop on distrowatch they're pointing it very simple on
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
Cheers! -and a good thing you've set your mind at least to try linux;

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A warez version of Win2k is the best (windows XP without fancy effects and Product Activation). I was using one awhile ago before my HD died and I lost the Bootleg install CD. Now I run an official version of WinXP Home so I'm all legal now (PLZ DON'T BAN ME!!!).

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