DSP - sorry mate!!! Great minds must think alike
Not bad timing for either of us!
Cornish Jack:
You're right in that Linux can be "trimmed down" to run on virtually any machine..... I've got systems that are still running on old 486 DX33's!
The later versions of (eg) RedHat have much more power-hungry kernels plus generally install a lot of bloat onto your hard disk.
The answer is to start with a very minimal installation, stop all the services you don't need and then work on seriously trimming down the kernel to take out everything you don't need.
What you end up with is a lean, mean machine with a kernel that you can easily fit onto a floppy disk if you're frugal!
I'd give it another go if you could drag yourself away from OS/2 - check out RedHat 7.3 and use an ultra fast window manager like ICEWM or Blackbox. If you install OpenOffice and Mozilla's latest, plus possibly Sylpheed for your email you will have a jolly smart setup!
Cheers
GE