Thanks all for imput.
For the purposes, i need to add that, i would use the celeron rig as server and the PIII laptop for desktop with GUI.
Seems there wont be much problem with the celeron ;)
O yes, that should be what i want, i will try light weight GUI mandriva on it, to fit on a 10 gb hdd and 128 mb ram labtop.
(i know DSL/ puppy would work, but i want the linux machines on hand run more or less the same stuff, and that would be mandriva)
is it hard to install XFCE? how do i select from install screens?