Fernando Freire wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Richard Owlett<[email protected]> wrote: >> On a language related forum I asked for recommendation of a >> small distro that would be attractive to users of that >> forum. Slackware was one recommended, though I'd hardly call >> it small ;/ A Google search then gave SLAX as being >> Slackware based. >> >> I find the idea of only downloading the modules you will >> actually use attractive. It claims to be easily installed on >> a USB stick and has dialers for analog modems, two absolute >> requirements for me. I haven't yet assembled a list of >> modules to download so I don't know how large my initial >> download will be. It should be significantly smaller than >> Debian or Ubuntu which are the two top contenders for >> functionality {I'll not down load an office suite nor a >> browser I wouldn't use - just two annoying features of >> popular distros). >> >> Any SLAX users with comments/suggestions? >> >> Thank you > > Not a SLAX user per se, but I have had the opportunity to mess around > with Puppy Linux. Puppy is another breed of Linux that claims to be > small and modular, last time I checked the ISO was around 100MB and > came with some bare necessities. It supports persistent settings and > storage as well, which is a nice plus. Give it a go if you don't find > SLAX to be to your tastes! > >
Puppy, Damn Small Linux, et. al. They are small but lacking tools I want. SLAX _seemed_ to have the ideal combo of very small base package, but ability to add whatever I needed/wanted with negligible fuss/bother. YES, I want everything ;/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
