[Cialug] Small Linux Distros

[Allen Kiddoo]

This article was just posted today on Tuxmachines-

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/33736

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>>
>> How small are you thinking? DSL is debian based. It's 50M. For a
>> console based system the last time I did an install of Debian it was
>> pretty small. Ubuntu Server is also pretty compact. Also, I know this
>> streches the concept of compact a little, but with the "create a usb
>> startup disk" feature in Ubuntu you can make a full desktop with
>> persistance on a 1GB thumb drive.
>>
>> Saw this with some distros I'd not seen before:
>>
>> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/11/20-awesome-free-os-downloads-that-arent-windows-7/
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Nuzum
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