On 1/29/2005 7:04:19 PM, CLUG General ([email protected]) wrote: > I'm looking for a decent distro to put onto an older laptop (Acer TravelMate > 512DX), with only a 4GB drive. The target system will be used for software > development, so will need a development environment. It should also have a > graphical interface, but doesn't > strictly need KDE or Gnome (though the base > files might be needed for some of the development tools - KDevelop for > instance). The disto should be pretty lean, but still robust enough to > handle the above tasks.
I don't know if this is helpful -- out of the live cds available, people seem to really like SuSe and Knoppix but I have only had limited success with them on laptops. The one I have been impressed with is Lindows or now with their name change Linspire. It is not the greatest distro if you know Linux but for someone like myself, it was a good way to test the waters. I have been impressed with it's ability to recognized hardware and run. I don't know about the development tools.
I have both the live and the installation if you like to take it for a spin. Contact me off line and we can make arrangements. (Will likely be at the Wed meeting but I am close to downtown anyways.)
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