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Old 07-19-2005, 05:24 AM   #1
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Which linux distro would be best?

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I currently run a crappy little 486 with 20 MB Ram, 300 MB HD Space (Although will be upgrading soon) and i was just wondering, as i was going to set up a remote server for my support company, which distro would you suggest. If it was windows, no problem.... but i've heard its a lot more stabler with Linux...
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Damn Small Linux, perhaps?
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Old 07-19-2005, 08:47 AM   #5
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Try vector linux:

http://www.vectorlinux.com/index.php

it's designed for older hardware.
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Old 07-20-2005, 12:30 AM   #6
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I'm currently considering Linspire, Fedora Core, and Xandros.
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Old 07-20-2005, 05:06 AM   #7
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I would think any distro would work, but I highly doubt your going to get any GUI to work with the specs you listed, but running from the command line would seem feasible.

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