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Old 11-02-2011, 01:27 AM   #1
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A distro without Pakages


I want my distro to have these things and forum research has helped on q few of the mattares let's just pull it all together:
No Interent reliance *I can't watch a DVD on Kubuntu without Internet* want it to exclude packages and love installers
Want it to setup a dualboot automatically *looks like most can* Can Zenwalk?
Can run with a crappy system *<256 megs of ram
Can get along with NTFS *i deleted Hal.dll the other day and Kubuntu was my savior and now I'm gona criciphy it for Internet and resurrect It when I have Internet*
can accsess a floppy drive more than once inkubuntu I can't go in more than once because I get this already mountaed problem
Has a command line
Not using gnome or Unity
Like xfice kde second choice
Non-bsd relese Love that chubby penguin
 
Old 11-02-2011, 07:43 AM   #2
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want it to exclude packages and love installers
Linux programs don't have installers.

Why not use packages? How is downloading a package and giving it to the package manager harder than downloading an installer and executing it?

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can accsess a floppy drive more than once inkubuntu I can't go in more than once because I get this already mountaed problem
Just yourn off KDE's auto-mouting or uninstall KDE.

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Has a command line
All distros do.

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Not using gnome or Unity
Just uninstall it and install a different one.

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Like xfice kde second choice
You can install it in just about any distro.
 
Old 11-02-2011, 07:47 AM   #3
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A linux that comes ready to play dvds after first boot is something I'm not aware of. I would suggest excluding this request from your list.
I suggest when you download the Linux Iso, you do the Linux install, and immediately after install vlc with dvd support.

All your other requests mean you want a Linux that is not gnome based, or Ubuntu's Unity.

Now, wanting to fit in 256MB of ram will be a challenge. xubuntu may be your solution. Their download page says 256MB minimum: http://xubuntu.org/get

It would be a good idea to disable a few services to minimize memory usage
 
Old 11-02-2011, 10:21 AM   #4
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I don't have Internet so each packages 'dependicy' is getting on my nerves. Why can't they just stuff all the needed files into one package? Xbuntu default is FTP and I have problems navigation those sites. I think Zenwalk has this stuff -packages but I heard something erratic is in it and I don't like it when my computer blows up. The documentation on Zenwalk is spotty at best( as far as I can see) The Ubuntu family seems friendly but a little more reliant on the internet than the rest. Fedora won't work on my computer (coughdellrippedmyramoffcough) and is the 'package' thing a remnant of Unix, the Linux kernel, or the distros themselves? Well that might answer some question.
 
Old 11-02-2011, 11:19 AM   #5
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One solution would be to download all 8 Debian DVDs and install Debian with XFCE or LXDE as desktop. But nonetheless you wouldn't be able to watch DVDs wit it, since there are legal issues in many countries with the needed libcss. Also, you will not have any non-free software on those DVDs.
 
Old 11-02-2011, 12:02 PM   #6
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as tobisgd says, you can pre-download the isos when you're connected to the Internet.

you can also mirror the necessary distributions for libdvdcss, vlc, etc ...

Then configure your pc to use local repositories instead of the network ones.

From there, when you need to install a software, just do apt-get install your-software, it will resolve all the dependencies, install the packages, then you can play with it.
 
  


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