Need help finding small distro.
I have a old laptop:
CPU: 486 MEM: 20M HDD: 120MB I just need a text only environment that has GCC. I tried a server only install of ubuntu, but it ran out of space. I tried damnsmalllinux but it needs 200megs. I have the hard drive hooked up to a modern system so the installer can be a gui, it just needs to install a system that is less than 120 megs. Any help? |
Check out Puppy, DSL (Damn Small Linux) and Austrumi. Look at distrowatch.com for more info on the last...
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For a really small distro, slackware 11 has zipslack which is a collection of slackware packages made for a minimal install. I think it's around 60-80 mb plus whatever kernel and modules you install (2.4 or 2.6).
Don't know how comfortable you are with slackware, but it may require a little bit of tinkering with to get it to what you want, but it should be able to get under 120 mb. |
Vector Linux
http://www.vectorlinux.com/ DSL http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ Puppy Linux http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=3 Slackware http://www.slackware.com/ SLAX Live CD http://www.slax.org/ BeaFanatIX http://bea.cabarel.com/ Elive: http://www.elivecd.org/ Luit Linux http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/ |
Maybe try polux (P!tux)
http://217.109.169.18/polux/ the site is in french, but Babelfish can give a rough translation. the requirements from the website: Quote:
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Do you have lots of linux experience?
If so, I would try using Linux from Scratch (LFS). This wil let you create a distro that fits your exact needs. Some systems made with it have a size of 8mb! |
Thanks for the help, I'll give LSF a try!
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Puppy and Damn Small Linux should work fine. Also, look at Zenwalk, a small Slackware based distro. Austrumi is a great little distro but it wants 128M RAM or enough hard drive space for 128Meg of swap space. Your memory and small hard drive might be an issue
good luck |
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