Re: For the FOURTH time, please, which Linux distro for a older system?
- From: Tarkin <nuke48386@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:37:10 -0400
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:08:47 -0700, raylopez99 wrote:
Fourth time (and I've lost count) of this question: an older system,
running fine but very slow on Windows 2000, might need (I increasingly
question this) Linux, just for "fun" (pulling teeth fun). Which
distro? It's a Pentium II, small HD about 2 or maybe 3 GB, with 225
or probably 512 MB RAM.
In another thread, a helpful poster recommended "SLAX". I can't fault
him, at least he tried to help instead of just flaming me, which 90%
of the replies do. I downloaded this distro and also "Vector", which
somebody else recommened (took over 3 hours since the download speed,
being a free download, was restricted by the Linux distributor). SLAX
unfortunately needs to be compiled, from what I can tell. Vector is
"good to go" it seems, but Vector needs 2.3 GB HD and I'm not sure I
have that (the machine BTW is not near me, it's somebody else's). So
I'd like to download another distro as a backup. The target machine
does not have fast internet access, but a 56k dialup modem, so I want
to download the distros now.
I also, from a previous post, I recall Damn Small Linux (DSL)--and
when I tried to download a working bootable image file (.iso) that I
can run on a CD (the target machine doesn't have a DVD), I found
nothing. Turns out DSL's mirrors are not allowed to --for some
strange reason-- have a working bootable image file--you have to
compile. Note the bad english ("honnor") message below, from a
Belgian site for DSL. I'm not sure I trust the Linux community when
they make such crude, "hacker like" comments in English, even if they
are clearly French or EFL students. And send money to a Foster City
USA post office box called "Lizard Biscuit"? Please. I rather send
my money to Nigeria. Warez anybody? That's what the Linux community
reminds me of.
I say again: which distro for a min hardware system, one that has a
compiled and good to go binary image file I can burn into a CD and
infect my perfectly good Windows 2k system (albeit painfully slow)?
I'm sarcastic but serious.
Yes, this is the real face of Linux. And I haven't had the trouble of
installing it yet--I can imagine what that's going to be like. No
wonder Linux has 1% or less market share.
RL
We honnor the GPL and will send anybody the sources to the GPL
software in Damn Small.
If you want to recive copies of the software please send us $7 (cost
of media and shipping)
and we will gladly mail you the sources.
Please send the check to:
Lizard Biscuit
P.O Box 4504
Foster City, CA
94404
Funny, a couple of clicks got me this linky:
ftp://ftp.oss.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current
For really small, there's Tom's RTBT.
If you're not scared of the commandline, there's Slackware.
Older versions are recommended (< 8).
There's also Debian - if you go tih an 'expert' install,
and install only 'necessary' packages. e.g. the base system,
and use aptitude to get other packages as needed.
If you have a newer system with either:
- a spare HD bay and connection (IDE / SATA / SCSI)
- enough HD space for a large (128MB - ~3GB) image file
....then you could 'try out' various distros using Bochs
or qemu.
Your use of dialup is going to be a real hinderance for
getting anything more than floppy-based images. I would
recommend making friends with someone who has a fast
connection, or going to an internet cafe or coffee shop,
if you have a laptop.
HTH and TTFN,
Tarkin
--
The Larch.
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