basic system requirements:
CPU requirements: One or more 32 or 64 bit x86 CPUs (with one or more cores), which can be AMD, Intel, or any other fully PC-compatible x86 CPUs. RAM: 64MB is required to install, and 1GB or more is recommended for best performance (especially if using a graphical desktop on the X Window [...]

A stable Slackware Linux 12.1 is just behind the corner: “We have now reached the Slackware 12.1 RC2 milestone. We’re beyond updating packages or fixing minor cosmetic bugs at this point (actually, we had hoped to be past that with RC1, but there were still items in need of attention). What