If you're not into playing games for windows, and you can live with some programs which are not your usual brand, linux would be a good bet.
Most linuxes work well on old hardware, if you remember not to use KDE nor Gnome 3 (Gnome 2 is OK).
Most linuxes work well on old hardware, if you remember not to use KDE nor Gnome 3 (Gnome 2 is OK).