Decided to go with Lubuntu for the lightweight OS for 7 year old Dell Vista system. 32 bit version...
So far stable with no problems.
Now trying to get wireless Broadcom card to work.
using these links for instructions.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/500819/wireless-bcm4318-not-working
going with option 2.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BroadcomSTA%28Wireless%29
about to reboot and see if this old thing has wireless.
Update: step-son has been using for couple weeks now. No crashes and has been stable, cheap solution for web surfing.
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