On Monday 26 January 2009 15:09:21 Payne, Owen wrote: > Yes but on a machine that old, compiling a gentoo install even with a > minimal package installation will take the best part of 2 or 3 days.
You didn't read the totallity of my posting!!! > Safer bet is something like puppy or dsl or one of the others that > abound. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 26 January 2009 2:55 pm > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Distro for a single use machine > > On Monday 26 January 2009 11:37:12 Payne, Owen wrote: > > You could try a cutdown version or spin yourself a distro with only > > the things that you need on it > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on Back2Go [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, 26 January 2009 11:36 am > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Distro for a single use machine > > > > Hi I was wondering if any recommendations for a Distro for a single > > use machine. > > I have an slimline IBM that was running 98 something on a network, > > most bullet proof thing we ever had. I was wanting it to run GRAMPS > > and maybe a very thin wordprocessor and nothing else but a keyboard, > > mouse and monitor. So I can hand it around the family to do GRAMPS > > things with it, Any suggestions, where to find Distro etc, I will be > > in Chch next few > > > days too if that helps, cheers Kevin also on 0272497326 but text is > > best. > > How much Disc and RAM have you got available? > > These days Linux needs a bit more RAM than was usual on 10 year old > machines, but it will run very happily off an eight Gig disk. > > > Consider Damn Small Linux, or Puppy Linux, or indeed spinning your own. > > If the latter, I'd think about starting from one of the Gentoo stages. > Before anybody jumps down my throat, remember that there are Gentoo > binary > packages for most of the system, and as he only wants two apps., they > can be > installed directly off a cd, or a binary repository. > > Consider AbiWord for the word processor. -- With Sincerity, Christopher Sawtell
