Disk Space Issue

nbjayme · 02-19-2004, 10:46 PM

Hello.

Is there a Linux distro that installs below 1GB and offer the same functionality, if not, more than Windows 9x can offer?

Please reply asap.

NBJayme

DrOzz · 02-19-2004, 10:49 PM

heres a list of distros that can fit on a floppy ;-)

DSL might also be of interest

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What is Damn Small Linux?
Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop.

features of DSL ...

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What does it have?
Damn Small Linux has a nearly complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted-GTK), four editors (SciTe, nVi, Zile [emacs clone], and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf, emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox window manager, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support. For more information check out the applications pages.

and the fact of the matter is anyways, is that any distro can install easily under 1GB, it just depends what you tell it to install in the setup

nbjayme · 02-19-2004, 11:20 PM

DrOzz,

Thanks for the valuable info. I need it for migrating the workstations to Linux soon!

I've been trying to squeeze Fedora to install under 1GB preferably 640 MB to allow space for the client computers without sacrificing the neat feature of GUI. I must say I've failed on that. The Workstations have about 2GB HD.

Windows9x can fit about 600MB with all the neat stuff.

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If anybody knows other Linux distros please do tell me.

Thanks .

NBJayme

michaelk · 02-20-2004, 03:28 AM

Zipslack would be another option.
Check out www.distrowatch.com for other ideas.

DrOzz · 02-20-2004, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by nbjayme

If anybody knows other Linux distros please do tell me.

d00d like i said, all distros are capable, it just depends on how much stuff you select during package selections ..
but if you want it out of the box to be under a gig, then check out the
from the exact same page i gave you
http://old.lwn.net/Distributions/index.php3#cd
and what michaelk has recommended ..

nbjayme · 02-21-2004, 07:25 AM

Hello DrOzz,

I a newbie and I just don't really know the packages to deselect most of the packages under a category are preselected.

This is what I want the workstation to have:

GUI - or Desktop Environment
OpenOffice
Email, Browser
Network Detection and Sharing
Printing to network of course.
No development tool. (Just a simple network client)

Linux GUI should gracefully run in
Pentium 133MHz
32MB RAM
2GB HardDisk.

In essence, the same functionalities of Win98 Client computer.

What I've found is

Vector Linux
Peanut Linux
Damn Small Linux (but according to my friend it does not have all power apps.)

There's just too many Distro and I, frankly, cannot cover them all. A little help would really be appreciated because I need to decide soon on the right Distro to install for workstations with the above specs.

I'll do my best to search for other distro. I'll have to know if the community support is also strong because I'm afraid it would be just a distro that dissapears out of the blue. I hope I don't make a wrong decision. Your inputs are greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much.

NBJayme