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would like some recomendations for a linux distro for an old powerbook g3 "wallstreet"

I have an old powerbook G3 "wallstreet" laying around that I got from a buddy some time ago, I want a Linux distro that will run decent with a graphical desktop, It only has 64 MB of RAM so when I installed a certain distribution of Debian(I dont remember which one, it ran fine in the command line, but it was very slow once it was switched to the graphical desktop environment, I don't remember how much video memory it has but I wanna say it was 4MB, any suggestions are welcome, and thanks in advance for any help I may receive.
Have you tried using XFCE as the desktop environment? I understand that it's a bit more lightweight than GNOME or KDE's Plasma.

-Albatross
I don't think I have, where could I retrieve said environment?
I'd be a bit surprised if Debian didn't have XFCE as package...
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xfce4

-Albatross
debian-6.0.2.1-powerpc-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso


this one seams to be the one Im looking for
Lubuntu, perhaps?
does Lubuntu have very low system requirements? do you kno the website for it?
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Seriously?!
http://tinyurl.com/434v7nv
sorry I havnt been able to focus at all today, ADD, insomnia, and lots of preCalc homework dont mix well... and on top of that I spaced...

EDIT: I cant find a PPC version...
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@c0d3man15, There is no PPC version of Lubuntu, or so I've just found out.
xfce runs pretty slow, but lxde seams to run very well, as long as I only have one window open it runs at a decent speed, again, thx for all help
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