OK, I just got a laptop with Windows ME and it's incredibly slow. It's about the age where I'd normally just throw it in my graveyard, but it's the only laptop I have. So, I'm trying to think of some use for it. Is there a distro of Linux that is basically text-based and can start up in seconds, but also has the ability to do simple processes like word processing and the occasional game (like a bust-a-move clone or emulator), and possibly printing and internet?

I guess it doesn't have to be text based, but I want it to boot quickly and conserve the battery. I just think a text-based text editor, web browser, etc. are possible, and not loading a GUI would definitely reduce loading time and battery consumption.

Yeah, d*mn Small Linux is pretty small and not very CPU intensive. I've ran it inside windows before.

This might work too: http://www.xubuntu.org/

Hmmm... DSL looks awesome...trying to get it set up, but I've got a problem. I don't know how to format the disk correctly. When I do ls /dev/hd*, it lists every HDD imaginable so I don't know exactly which one it is. I usually use gparted, but that doesnt come with DSL and this laptop doesn't have an ethernet port for me to use... might you have an idea about this?

Nevermind, got it! Now I'm going to have to finish my calculus homework.... lol