The Brand New UltraMegaSuper "Which Distro" Thread

Damn Small Linux or maybe Linux from Scratch if you feel adventurous.

Ive come to appreciate not seeing these threads 10 times a day so I reported it for the megathread

i am downloading a few of the distros that have been mentioned. thanks for the help.

Hey there, thanks for your quick replies.

I was looking at the whole openMosix documentation rickh pointed me to. It's quite interesting, but I have a little question: do they only balance the processing workload with openMosix? Is there a way that maybe I could create the cluster so it appears as just one big, kick arse computer sharing hard-drive, memory, processor, etc.?

I'll also take Tinkster's advice into account, hehehe. Actually... maybe we could create the cluster with all the dumped computers in here, hehehe. I guess we'll do it for the experience maybe, hehehe.

And there is one more on PolishLinux.org site: http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/

Hey I liked tha "void of mind" one. It gave me Debian 100%. I've tried the others and they always bring in Debian 4th or 5th.

Failed for me too. Everything it returned I've tried and didn't like for one reason or another. This thread is redundant and someone at LQ has a link to that test in their sig. This has been reported for inclusion with the Ultra Mega Which Distro Thread.

Merged into the megathread.

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Depends whatyou're looking for - any distro without X would run just fine.

If you want a light desktop with all the latest goodies, as you appear to (OOo & F/F) Xubuntu might be a good option. Uses XFCE as the DE to lighten the load.
There is a list of minimal requirements somewhere that should cover what you (now) have. I run the full Ubuntu on an old P-III laptop with 256 Meg - it runs o.k., (swapping slows it occasionally).
Comes with everything as far as drivers - it even set up my old Cisco 350 wifi automagically.

I'mstunned you managed to get Win2k installed and running on 16 Meg.

zomg there's a distro megathread now? Awesome

Thanks a lot, syg00.

Xubuntu is definetely the distro that I was looking for, cause when installed requires only 64 MB.

Since I've found this laptop I've been reading about Puppy, Feather, DSL and other light distros, but I didn't even think about Xubuntu. Shame on me, cause I'm a Ubuntu user too.

As soon as I upgrade the memory I'll install Xubuntu and come back here to post the results.

Thanks again, my friend.

P.S.: I 'd be amazed if Windows 2000 were running on 16 MB too, but there is a 32 MB chip in the only available slot. It doesn't run smoothly, but it does run.

mgea-thread-fodder.

Originally Posted by cime Hello everybody! I need your opinion. Which distribution is the best for remstering (it must have an installer). I remastered (K)ubuntu Dapper successfuly, but the only thing I thing I hate ist that I don't know hot to run X in chroot environment or how to connect to the running X from chroot.

Since you're already familiar with Ubuntu, it's based on Debian.
Debian is already the most used distribution for these kind of things. It's amazing apt-lib orientated package system(including its huge software repository) is probably the main reason why their already exist that much debian based systems.
See Debian as a (very) huge repository of compatible software.