Should I put linux on my AGING PowerBook G3??

Hello,

I have a lombard. 400mhz, 4GB hard drive, 512MB Ram.

It's slow. It has 10.3 on it, and is slower than the worms.
Well, it's not THAT bad for an occasional surfing machine, but if I had to use it every day I would scream.
I've only tried 2 linux distros in my life (Not on a Mac)
Linux XP (I LOVED IT), and Ubuntu.
Liked Linux XP better than Ubuntu.
Ubuntu always failed on me!

Anyway, should I put a Linux distro on my Lombard?
I only use it for surfing/im.
Sometimes I use it for dial up, any distro offer AOL connect? Doesn't matter that much though.


Recommendations?
Thoughts?
Comments?

I'm curious.

Thanks,
Tanner.

(PS, never been to this section of the forums before!)

Linux tends to be a good choice for older hardware. One thing you should consider is finding a copy of OS 9. That would be very snappy on the machine you have there.

Yeah, I can install OS9, but it's painful.
No good browsers.

I'd recommend going for Debian. It's a power distribution. It's also the distribution that Ubuntu is based off of. It's very fast and lightweight.