[oclug] Tiny Desktop Linux recommendation

[Hugh Campbell]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:35:59 -0400, Arcana wrote:

>I have an old laptop (Pentium 100, 40 megs of RAM, 800 meg hard drive) and I 
>would like to install a small small desktop-capable system on it.  I have the 
>following requirements:

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>I'm wondering if anyone has a Linux distribution that they would recommend for 
>me.  It has to fit on 800 megs (preferably 500).

I can recommend Peanut Linux - I've used it on a 166 Mhz machine and superficially it 
appears great, ie all the obvious bells and whistles of a full modern distro, and looks great. 
(no SSH though, you'll need to install that yourself if you need it).

I think it uses about 320 Megs.

To speed it up if necessary, you could then add one of the other light window managers.

Hugh Campbell