A co-worker recently (a couple of months or so ago) gave me an older Dell desktop computer. I got it running, bumped the RAM from 512 megs to 4 GB, upgraded it from Windows XP to Windows 7, and paired it up with an older wide-screen monitor I had. I've had it on Craigs List since mid-November, reduced the asking price once, and I haven't received a single call on it. I don't want to give it away, so ...
... I figure the Universe is telling me it's time for me to play with Linux, and that this old box would be the ideal test mule, since I can tinker with it all I want without endangering my primary, work computer. The question, then, is what flavor would be best for an older computer (CPU is Pentium, not dual core) with limited resources? I'd like something that's easy to set up, doesn't hog RAM, and doesn't need a huge hard drive (because this computer doesn't have a large hard drive). For those with some Linux familiarity, what do you recommend?
Xubuntu?
Lubuntu?
Puppy?
TinyCore?