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There are MANY distributions of Linux out there, and almost all of them are compatible with Intel processors. Some of the main ones are:
ALT Linux
CERN Linux
Damn Small Linux
Debian
Fedora Core
Gentoo Linux
Knoppix
Linspire
Mandriva
muLinux
Slackware
SuSE
Ubuntu
Vectorlinux
Xandros Desktop
and of course, Puppy Linux.
Like I said, there are MANY distributions out there that will work with Intel hardware, but these are some of the most common ones. Puppy Linux works with almost ANYTHINIG, I used it to boot into a really old PC in our attic with about 128MB RAM, single core processor and a really bad graphics card - brilliant performance. So, whether you're asking because you have a computer with an Intel processor or whether you're trying to find a Linux distro for use with older hardware the ones I have listed should all work fine for you. I recommend Ubuntu, Puppy or Debian if you are new though I haven't tried all of them myself to comment on the others.
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