light and easy distro
 

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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.

If easy then go for Debian Sarge
#linux26
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If light (& speed) then say hello to Gentoo Linux;-)
< www.gentoo.org >

Yea:)
You just forgot to mention that compiling your personal nuclear reactor is easier than Gentoo :D

Compiling gentoo is effortless, but it takes some time (lot of time;-)
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Power and speed can only be achieved with a great effort.

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Sarge is up to date with new kernel too
#linux26
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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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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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Problem solved
 

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