>I have an old 486-66Mhz machine with 32MB of RAM. I would like to use this machine as a file server on my small home network. The other machines are running Win 2K (1) or Win 98 (2).
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>My questions are:
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>1) Can this machine be used in this way?
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>2) Which version of Linux is best for this machine?

Sure, your machine should do fine for sometihng like file-serving...

One distro that has not been mentioned is Caldera's OpenLinux. The advantage with that is the ease of installation. Since after installtion you will just be setting up some SAMBA shares so that your other machines can see the Linux box, installation will probably be your biggest hurdle. Check out OpenLinux eServer at: http://www.calderasystems.com/eserver/ and eDesktop at http://www.calderasystems.com/eserver/ That should be a good start.

Good luck!

JoeK