Need lightweight Linux distribution for making live CD/flashdrive

[morph]

I and several of my friends have older Windows 98 PC's that we want to use for Internet surfing (reading news, weather, etc. - nothing more complicated). Most of these machines have 256 MB RAM. Please recommend the currently most suitable lightweight Linux distribution to either install in these machines or to create live CD or live USB flashdrive (bootable). Many thanks!

 

[pane-free]

http://puppylinux.com/download/
http://www.slax.org/en/download.php
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=07377
http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-linux/files/Testing/antiX-13-beta1_386-base.iso/download
http://blog.lxde.org/?p=423
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubu...rqt/razorqt-salentos-12.04.1-x86.iso/download
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=10430.0
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/crunchbang-linux-flash-drive-install-via-cd/
http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/statler_usb_installation

The above are what I recommend after using P4s and some PIIIs;
further, I suggest maxing out the mobo with RAM, no matter what, to a minimum of 512MB, if possible.

 

[Minty-Linux]

peppermint OS Four is a good one.

 

[arochester]

http://www.browserlinux.com/

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

The foregoing is a pretty good list.

I'd also like to point out that sysresccd is built with gentoo. I have both bootable CDs and flash drives wtih that.

 

[penguino]

I'd recommend Lubuntu which is LXDE based, would be no problem to run on the computers you specified.

Other OS based on Lubuntu I recommend even more is MIA Linux, got better selection of apps for my taste, more comfortable.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mialinux/