The first couple that come to mind are DSL (damn small Linux) and puppy Linux which can be run entirely from a thumb drive.
Al Sent via mobile device On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:55 PM, WestHurley ComputerReCycling <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend asked what is the best RealTime Lightweight Linux Distro? I > said "Do not know but will try to get some answers. The use only needs > a command line rather than a GUI interface. > > 1st thing thought of Video Digital Recorders which use a Linux distro so > did some searching and found "There are many free DVR applications > available for Linux, each released as free and open source software: > MythTV, VDR, LinuxMCE, XBMC > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video_recorder > > Any experience with these or any other RealTime Lightweight Linux > Distros? > > Thanks > > Gene > -- > WestHurley ComputerReCycling > [email protected] > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: > http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_quotes.html > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Jan 9 - High Performance Computing at a Small Scale > Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi > Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting! _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jan 9 - High Performance Computing at a Small Scale Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting!
