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10-19-2008, 02:00 AM
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need a portable linux distro to bring on portable usb hard drive...
i'm looking for a linux distro to bring aroun on my portble hard drive. it has to be very basic, it needs 3 things: a file browser, a web browser, and a wifi manager(if possible). it would be better if it had ssuppor for lzma or rpm. don't post slax. also, i would prefer kde to gnome, if possible.
ps. i also need to be able to compile in it, because i want to add a personal suite of apps. i need a distro i can compile in.
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10-19-2008, 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by pippo17
i'm looking for a linux distro to bring aroun on my portble hard drive. it has to be very basic, it needs 3 things: a file browser, a web browser, and a wifi manager(if possible). it would be better if it had ssuppor for lzma or rpm. don't post slax. also, i would prefer kde to gnome, if possible.
ps. i also need to be able to compile in it, because i want to add a personal suite of apps. i need a distro i can compile in.
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How can something be very basic running KDE and being able to compile? I can recommend some distributions, but none that has the basics + kde + development tools...
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10-19-2008, 04:48 AM
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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, OpenSuse, Slack, Gentoo, Debian, Arch, PCBSD
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If you're putting it on a portable usb HDD, why does it need to be very basic?
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10-20-2008, 06:41 AM
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Registered: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by billymayday
If you're putting it on a portable usb HDD, why does it need to be very basic?
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Because i need to put my own apps on it, and i have limited disk space!
to mega man x: which is the lightest distro you can think of which has at least development tools and very few pre installed apps. i don't necessarily need kde. any desktop environment is fine
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