Re: Distro Recommendation

[Robert Citek <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>]

On Jun 19, 2006, at 1:31 AM, Aaron Call wrote:
> I have a project laptop: IBM Thinkpad 760DX, Intel 166mhz, 64m Ram,  
> and a
> whopping 2.1g hd. The trick is, no bootable optical drive and only one
> removable media drive per boot. I am tired of trying to get PCMCIA-NIC
> configured so I created a bootable partition on the HD; Linux or MS  
> DOS
> (used a floppy to create/install the partition, then swap drives and
> reboot).
> So here I am, I need a distro that will run on the above specs,  
> preferably
> with some basic graphical desktop, to be used for basic
> class-note-taking/websurfing/SSH stuff. I prefer an installer but  
> can forgo
> such if there are explicit instructions. I need to be able to start  
> any such
> installer from inside a booted OS (as above, either DOS, Linux, or  
> Windows).

xubuntu[1], a Ubuntu flavor for low-end hardware, should run on that  
hardware without a problem.  I installed it today on a 2.1 GB Seagate  
drive and still had about 700 MB of free space.  But this was in a  
desktop machine and it had a CD-ROM.  Sounds like you'll have to do  
some slight-of-hand no matter what distro you choose.  Since it's a  
Thinkpad, I'd opt for taking the drive out, put the drive in a newer  
machine, install xubuntu, and return the drive.

[1] http://www.xubuntu.org/

Regards,
- Robert
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