After seeing the post(s) on people with low spec systems I decided to look further into it. I was surprised to find a few distros targeted at just such systems. DSL is the most well known but I also found SliTaz which is at v. 1.0 and Deli Linux at v. 8.0.
Both SliTaz and Deli Linux are smaller than even DSL! I forget which but one is said to be able to run on an absolute minimum of 16MB RAM and a 486 processor, It's making me want to pull the old Packard Bell Legend PC that came with DOS 5.0 & Windows 3.1 out of mothballs and play! ~Devlin m_alexander61 wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure that I've heard of DSL being run on something > pre-486 even! Anyway, it's a great distro to begin with, IMHO, and > isn't it the smallest of the small (DSL, Puppy and Mepis)? > Mark > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, Devlin <devlinsmail...@...> wrote: > > > > DSL or Damn Small Linux may work. It's been a while but I believe it's > > minimum specs are still a 486 processor, > > > > http://damnsmalllinux.org/index.html > <http://damnsmalllinux.org/index.html> > > > > `Devlin > > > > mike wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have an 1997 model IBM Activa. It's specs: AMD P2 clone 233mhz > > > processor,32 mgs ram. If I put in more ram would it be possible > > > to run the simplest version Of Linux? If so what distribution > > > would be recommended? > > > Thanks > > > mj...@... <mailto:mjryg%40yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
