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08-12-2002, 03:38 PM
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What Distro Recommended
I have a 486 laptop with 16mb and 300meg harddrive. and I want to make use of the machine. What is a good distro of linux should I install?? I was thinking about freebsd. You think that would be good enough? or would that just eat up my resources?
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08-12-2002, 05:04 PM
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It would eat up your resources. with those kind of specs. Try something along the lines of a LOAF or Coyote etc.
Under these circumstances, you'd have better luck finding out why you want Linux and then get a distro targetted for that application rather than a generic installation of a bloatware. Try some of : http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html for a minimalist version of Linux |
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08-16-2002, 10:00 AM
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I would go with an older redhat (release 5 series) or debian... I hope your not hoping to run X, and if you do you best be careful what window management / session management you use... good luck.. (btw I got debian minimalst the other day to install in just over 40 mb)...
Your signature was edited out because it was too large and obtrusive. Please try to implement a more courteous signature in future. Moderator Last edited by Statica; 08-16-2002 at 10:36 AM. |
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