Ubuntu Linux on This Old PC
I spent a little time trying to boot Ubuntu Linux on the Pentium II MMX 333 MHz. I couldn't force a boot from CD with the F keys, so I went into the BIOS and changed the boot order to CD first, then HD. That worked.
The Linux boot from CD was taking forever. I haven't timed my newish PC's boots of Linux, but on the older one, it was taking forever. At least 7 minutes. I wanted to see if I could get wireless running under Ubuntu, but I hadn't a clue.
Knoppix has a visible wireless configuration utility -- I'll have to try it. Ubuntu might have something. A look at the help pages might shed some light.
But the long boot time is troublesome. Maybe a hard-disk installation will speed things up. All I know is that taking a major performance hit is not what Linux is supposed to be about.
Update: Knoppix was faster on This Old PC.