[SATLUG] Fitting Linux to the Hardware

[Ernest de Leon]

I agree with Chris.  I use DSL on relaly old machines, and I use DSL-N on a
fairly newer one that I do work on.  They are both very fast, and I can
attest to DSL running very well on a PII 354? mHz with 32 mb of ram....as
long as you have 128mb of ram you can use the -toram option at boot and run
it from memory (which is lightning fast).  DSL-N has more apps like Abi
word, but I believe its about 95 megs, so it wont fit on one of those nifty
business CDs.

Ernest

On 11/1/06, Chris Lemire <good_bye300 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Damn Small Linux is the best of those of course, but even sometimes it
> will want more memory than that. I was told something about Feather Linux
> for old hardware instead of DSL, but I know nothing about it. I have seen it
> stay at using 20mb of memory for a while. Having Linux without any graphics
> would work or if you need to do something fast in DSL, shutdown the
> graphics. Remove unessary services and dont use a graphical login manager
> (use startx after logging in without the GUI).
>
> Arthur Hall <art.hall at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   Thanks to all who responded to my earlier query about
> resetting a password. Between your suggestions and
> "SuSE Linux 9.3 for Dummies" I cracked the code and
> now have access to a donated laptop.
>
> Next challenge: what would you recommend I install on
> a Dell Latitude laptop with 40MB of RAM and a 1.4GB
> hard drive? It's not my best laptop, but it's fun to
> play with and might help me explore Linux more
> thoroughly. I have SuSE linux 9.1 and 9.3, Damn Small
> Linux, and Ubuntu available. Thanks.
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# Ernest De Leon

"If Microsoft is 'flexible' it explains how their head got where it is."