[GRLUG] linux in 32 Megs

Joe Vanderstelt thisboyiscrazy at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 14:57:18 EDT 2007


Let me clearify:

32 Megs. RAM

and I'm looking for a usable desktop (replacing windows 95 that was on there)
I tried puppy, it didn't want to install my next step is DSL

Thanks for the quick responces

On 10/5/07, Marc Zuverink <mzuverink at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim Schmidt wrote:
> > On 10/5/07, Alexander Grotewohl <fusion at darktech.org> wrote:
> >> slackware? :)
> >>
> >> i think anything could be coerced into running in 32mb..
> >
> > I run Debian for Mips32 in 32Mb every day...  and I've run i386 debian
> > in 48Mb.  It was mostly usable as a desktop with WindowMaker.  At
> > least Firefox ran.
> >
> > --tim
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> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
>
> I use this on a old Zenith portable 486 in my garage, it only has 16
> megs of ram, decent gui for what you are using.  Very usable actually.
> Even plays nice and allows a buffalo wifi card.
>
>
> --
> Marc Zuverink <mzuverink at gmail.com>
>
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