Comments on: The also-rans http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Three more attempts: GRML, MiniNo, Tiny Core « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-46217 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:12:24 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-46217 [...] — couldn’t boot on only 32Mb of memory. I got the same error messages I saw with Ubuntu and Linux Mint Fluxbox and some other systems built on newer Debian [...]

]]> By: poss http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45732 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:35:50 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45732 Hey i just give antiX-base a run on my T23 thinkpad tonite after reading this here the other day. I’m stoked i might even keep this one. It’s probably the fastest easiest install i ever done. fluxbox, iceape, roxfiler, roxterm. nice and basic plenty of scope to tinker installer configured the wireless too. hats off for the suggestion.

]]> By: Links 27/9/2010: Audiocasts, Fedora 14 Preview | Techrights http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45632 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:15:13 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45632 [...] The also-rans I’ve mentioned a few candidates for the 150Mhz, 32Mb machine, which I keep on hand to deliberately confound with software written 14 years after its creation. [...]

]]> By: Pablo César Galdo Regueiro http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45631 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:12:47 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45631 Try this:

Galpon Minino
http://minino.galpon.org/wiki/doku.php?id=descargar_galpon_minino

]]> By: Marie http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45630 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:58:28 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45630 DSL-Damn Small Linux

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45604 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:07:24 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45604 You should be able to install a text-based system on about 400Mb or less, and add another 150Mb or so for the basic X environment. I don’t remember a home-built Debian system ever taking up more than about 800Mb or so. But I am sometimes wrong. :oops:

]]> By: Calvin http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45603 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:48:26 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45603 It gave Debian a 6 GB partition and it seems comfy.I haven’t checked disk usage yet though.

]]> By: prinzzchavo http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45600 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:15:02 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45600 Just one question, Calvin:

How much HDD does it take a bare install?

Last time I tried a “basics” Debian install, it went over 1Gb, and I’m rather curious on whether it was my fault…

]]> By: Calvin http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45598 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:31:50 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45598 It’s a reply to the first comment, because I was writing one, scrapped it, forgot I was writing a reply, and was making one here…

]]> By: Ray http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45597 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:58:43 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/the-also-rans/#comment-45597 What about DeLi Linux? It’s a bit outdated, but it works on 486 with 32 mb ram.

Or if you’re itching for something even more lightweight, like 386 style, there’s always Basic Linux ;)

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