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Small Distribution
Name: Fixles Date: July 6, 2002 at 17:57:35 Pacific
Comment:
Hello,
I have a old Libretto 50CT which only has a 740MB Hard disk. I would like to install Linux on it and was wondering if anyone could recommend a small distro (100MB or less after install) that includes X Windows.
Name: srinath Date: July 6, 2002 at 18:07:51 Pacific
Reply:
Try mulinux... I have used it sucessfully on my old 486sx @33MHz with 16 MB RAM....Get it here --> http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/
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Response Number 2
Name: Chris Hodapp Date: July 6, 2002 at 20:36:45 Pacific
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I agree, muLinux will work great. I find it a bit limited though for much serious stuff... but I guess you don't have many other options.
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Response Number 3
Name: balram Date: July 7, 2002 at 07:30:14 Pacific
Reply:
Don't have many other options? why, peanut would work great!
infact there are a lot of distros which install under 100 mb of space. go to linux.org, go to the distributions sections and search for minimalist distros.
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Response Number 4
Name: someguy Date: July 7, 2002 at 15:58:06 Pacific
Reply:
http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/ there ya go that should solve all your problems
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