Hi
I've got a 400mhz celeron processor with 128RAM and 4GB HDD.
Could you suggest a Distro that will fit on around 2GBs of hard disk space, including swap space and boot loader. If possible including a web browser

Thanks in advance
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Any will meet your requirements (related with HDD space). 128MB RAM will be your problem, I suggest to install a distribution you prefer and use a "light" Window Manager like IceWM. For me Mandrake is the best for any (like me) beginning in the Linux world.

Feel free to ask if you have more issues!

what about vector? 700mb full install, including X. that, or if you wanted to go even smaller, grey cat or damn small linux (50mb ) would work pretty well, i would think.

another option would be debian base system, then just add what you want with apt-get. with a smaller disk, options like that are preferable imho to mandrake, fc, etc. which can contain a lot of bloat.

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I agree with synaptical: this sounds like a perfect job for Vector Linux (who just released a new version by the way)

A very simple, *very* small distro I like to use on older hardware w/little RAM is "Feather Linux". No, not 600M - ***60 Megs*** For being so small, it has surprisingly good h/w detection, networking, packages.

I have booted and installed it to hdd on a system with a P120 and 16M of RAM, and it ran fine. There are some drawbacks (no X - uses framebuffer), but would be a good place for you to build from. Check it out...

But there is only so much that can be squeezed into 60mb - let's face it, Feather Linux *is* very limited. No X, no browser (I don't consider Dillo a web browser, sorry), extremely plain window manager and probably many other drawbacks. Now, Feather Linux might be a very fine distro for its intended purpose, but in THIS CASE it is not the best fit. We're not talking about P1 with 16 megs of RAM here - he's got 128 megs, it is a sort-of-reasonable machine, and there is no need to resort to something as slim as Feather, or DSL, or DeLi - a regular desktop type of distro, running some lighter but not completely minimal WM like IceWM or XFce4 should work just fine.
I get it that you like Feather Linux, but let's give the advice based on poster's needs, not our own agenda! You might notice I recommended Vector Linux even though I don't use it myself - but I recommended it because I think it would be a good tool for him, not for me.

I agree with ferrix.
Take a look at:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=234858
And make your choice.