Well, a 2.5" X 4" X .5" hard drive enclosure is way smaller than most laptops (haven't seen the new Apple of course--very pricey). It's attached via a USB port, just like those solid-state little things
My first attempt was actually the live CD of Dapper on a 2 GB USB pen drive. Booted fine on most machines, although there wasn't enough room on it for much of my usual /home/bob directory, so I switched to a 2.5" Western Digital portable 80GB drive. Yes, I've tried Opera. Very nice. Here's what I'd do if I were you. On a 2 GB USB pen drive, install the Ubuntu Gutsy live CD. Boot it, then use Synaptic Package Manager to get rid of whatever apps you don't want to lug around, except Firefox. Use Firefox to download the Ubuntu Gutsy binary from the Opera website, install Opera, then get rid of Firefox. Regards, Bob WestHurley ComputerReCycling wrote: > Bob, > > Would like to install only the OS and 1 or 2 browsers like Opera and > FireFox. > > Would be very interested in how much space the distro you are using > occupies. Opera is really small. Do you use it? > > Thanks for the info! > > "little 80G USB drive" Did you mean 8GB? Was thinking even smaller but > do not know how small I can go! > > Gene OHara > > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:30:51 -0500, "Robert Burroughs" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> WestHurley ComputerReCycling wrote: >> >>> Has anyone made an application specific Linux USB and Live CD either for >>> a demo or other use and tested their difference in speed, reliability, >>> etc? >>> >>> I realize that not all PCs are able to run Linux USB but hope someone >>> has tried it. >>> >>> Gene OHara >>> >>> >>> >> Not sure what you mean by application specific Linux USB. I've >> been putting the Live Ubuntu CD on USB drives since Dapper. >> Generally, boot time is for a USB (2.) drive is half that of the live >> CD. >> >> Mostly I've done this for the convenience. If you travel, it's easier >> to carry a little 80G USB drive than a laptop--provided, of course, >> you can be sure there's a computer at your destination that will >> a) boot from a USB drive and b) have hardware that the live USB >> will be compatible with. >> >> The technique for putting the live CD on a USB drive is very well >> laid out at >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent >> >> >> Bob Burroughs >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >> Feb 6 - DBUS >> Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network >> using Linux >> _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
