[wplug] Suggested older notebook distro for noob?
Poyner, Brandon
bpoyner at ccac.edu
Wed Feb 25 13:53:35 EST 2004
Damn Small Linux is a supposedly better for older hardware than Knoppix.
DSL is a Knoppix derivative with a lot of applications removed and is
not based on KDE. It can also be installed to the hard drive like
Knoppix.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/
Brandon Poyner
Network Engineer II
CCAC - College Office
412-237-3086
-----Original Message-----
From: Drew from Zhrodague [mailto:drew at zhrodague.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:34 PM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: RE: [wplug] Suggested older notebook distro for noob?
> Windowmaker is still kicking about, I use it on my Windows XP box with
> cygwin/X ... http://www.windowmaker.org/
> There are lots of options for installing LINUX when a CD-ROM is not
> available including over a serial connection if another PC is
available.
> I guess it comes down to how limited, and how far back you're trying
to
> go, as LINUX has grown the spec it needs has grown too, remember the
> days when X ran on 8MB of RAM? If you have a 486 SX-25 you're probably
> not looking to run Windows XP on it, so trying to get Fedora running
on
> it would be pushing it too. I'm sure it can be done, I know Brandon P
> has had success getting LINUX booting on a 486 laptop (it had 2 MB of
> memory I believe).
Thanks, Hardeep. Generally I do a floppy boot, and install over
the network. Since the laptops I have are all <166Mhz, I have just
thrown
a distro on there, and use like Mozilla from one of the larger boxen in
the house. Old laptops make great portable terminals, which is all I
really want out of them.
I mean -- who wouldn't want a small terminal in the kitchen?
--
Drew from Zhrodague http://www.WiFiMaps.com
drew at zhrodague.net Location Based WiFi
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