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Old 12-30-2004, 08:44 AM   #1
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light and easy distro

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Old 12-30-2004, 09:18 AM   #2
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I'm a big fan of Slackware myself - it's rather hands-on but still simple (you have to make most changes via manual editing of .conf files in the /etc directory, but the files are all well-commented and fairly easy to get around).

Debian wouldn't be so bad either. Actually, you might be interested in installing Knoppix on your system - it's full-featured yet tries to conserve memory.
 
Old 12-30-2004, 09:42 AM   #3
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If easy then go for Debian Sarge
#linux26
 
Old 12-30-2004, 10:03 AM   #4
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If light (& speed) then say hello to Gentoo Linux;-)
< www.gentoo.org >
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Old 12-30-2004, 10:07 AM   #5
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Yea
You just forgot to mention that compiling your personal nuclear reactor is easier than Gentoo
 
Old 12-30-2004, 10:16 AM   #6
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Compiling gentoo is effortless, but it takes some time (lot of time;-)
-=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=--=:<>:=-
Power and speed can only be achieved with a great effort.
 
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Old 12-30-2004, 10:32 AM   #8
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Sarge is up to date with new kernel too
#linux26
 
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Old 12-30-2004, 10:44 AM   #11
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Sarge is basically netinstall. After booting into linux select[*] Desktop environment
and it will go installing from net
 
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Old 12-30-2004, 11:36 AM   #13
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You can use jigdo utility to download DVD disks, but they are custom DVDs
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimag...vd/jigdo-area/
 
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