On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 00:53 +0530, Arindam wrote: > I have some aging / old desktops for which I am looking for > appropriate distributions. I intend to use them as developer systems > for some kernel development (noo-b there, modest intentions) but > prefer an X installation. > > One desktop is a PIII 733 MHz with Intel 815e chipset, 512 Megs > on-board memory and 40G hard drive. > One is a P4 2.4 GHz with 1 G memory and 40G hard-drive. > > 1. Looked at Xubuntu for the lighter-weight XFCE and installed it on > the P4 box. Liked it quite a bit - my first *buntu box - so far have > only used FC/OpenSuSE. But, I want to hand pick packages that are > installed and all said and done that seems not so straightforward with > *buntus. Am I wrong there? > > 2. Are there Gentoo users who can tell me about their experience with > Gentoo. Is it too much of a bother in the long run to perform software > upgrades? > > 3. Any other lightweight but not too minimalistic distros? > > Thanks. > ------ > * I am not sharing disk space with skylights, casements, window$ or > immovable furniture of any sort. > > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
if you are looking for a distro that is really small and still works. try puppy linux. it's hardly 60-80 mb and runs amazingly fast as it runs entirely from RAM. arun. _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
