i'm looking for a lightweight distro dedicated to run torrentflux, samba and ftpd on an old p3/128mb machine.

currently, i have loaded debian for a run around. however, i'm still looking around, and found http://sms.it-ccs.com/, a spin-off from slackware, while looking into slackware itself.

i'm no expert, so i'm writing to ask if somebody can comment on s-m-s?

vanilla slackware should suit your needs. sms seems to be only including a few extra packages, that you don't need.


also, if you choose slackware (you will only need the first cd) have a look at http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Slackware-Links

s*m*s is still young.
For the thing that concerns you, it just is Slackware, with a torrentflux package and a webadmin interface.

If you install slackware, configure slackware as you wish, and install torrentflux, you have the same, but costumized to your wishes
Maybe you can ask a slackbuild for torrentflux from the sms project admin?

Also, there have been some security updates for slackware 12 since it was released. Nothing *big* big, but... Will sms copy the security fixes?

With slackware 12, you can expect a OS that will be supported for a long time.

basically, as I see it, slackware vs. sms means:
ssh login vs. webadmin interface
longtime security updates vs. a young, new project

Also, you could use slackware if you plan to use linux for other purposes (desktop, firewall...), but sms is dedicated to one goal.

thanks for the responses!