Yes, it can be done, but not with the current default system. You now have to be an expert to get Debian to run on that class machine. For Debian I would recommend a minimum 32MB with no X, and minimum 64MB if you run X. However, there are alternatives (see www.distrowatch.org for too many alternatives). Two popular ones I know of are:DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the entire *.iso image is