I would second DSL (Damn Small Linux). Actually, I've done a regular debian installation, and then uncheck everything during the intstall except maybe SSHD. Then apt-get install only the things I want.<br><br>I'm running DSL on my xbox, and its very quick, runs well on the original xbox hardware with 128 MB or RAM and like a 600 or 800 Mhz celery.<br>
<br clear="all">Tim Champion<br><a href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com">timchampion@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Matthew Nuzum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org">newz@bearfruit.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Nathan C. Smith <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I'm looking for a small distro to permanently install on a machine. Are any of the small distros Debian-based. Can anyone recommend one?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>How small are you thinking? DSL is debian based. It's 50M. For a<br>
console based system the last time I did an install of Debian it was<br>
pretty small. Ubuntu Server is also pretty compact. Also, I know this<br>
streches the concept of compact a little, but with the "create a usb<br>
startup disk" feature in Ubuntu you can make a full desktop with<br>
persistance on a 1GB thumb drive.<br>
<br>
Saw this with some distros I'd not seen before:<br>
<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/11/20-awesome-free-os-downloads-that-arent-windows-7/" target="_blank">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/11/20-awesome-free-os-downloads-that-arent-windows-7/</a><br>
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