I once ran Ubuntu from a thumb drive to get data off of a screwed up
Windows install, but that's not the right one if you are looking for a
small distro. I am not sure that I would install Ubuntu on a thumb
drive and then boot a Windows computer from a thumb drive just to get
out of using Windows (you could). There used to be a distro of Linux
that fit on a floppy disk but that might not still be possible due to
kernal upgrades.
On 12/12/2012 2:08 PM, Al Jachimiak wrote:
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
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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
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