[geeks] How low can you go...

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Thu Mar 15 18:55:45 CDT 2007


On Mar 15, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am researching various OS options for this Dell Inspiron 3000 laptop 
> (P/166 MMX, 144 Meg RAM, 4 Gig HD, bright screen and useable battery), 
> and came across this distribution - "ttylinux":
>
> http://www.minimalinux.org/ttylinux/showpage.php?pid=1
>
> It runs in 5 Meg of RAM, requires 4 Meg of HD, and wil run on Intel 
> i386SX CPU or greater... I plan to burn it to CD, but it doesn't even 
> support Ethernet/WiFi - that is a very minimal distribution (designed 
> for command-line dial-up use)...
>
> Any suggestions appreciated (I'd love a distribution that supports my 
> atheros WiFi card, DSL doesn't quite do it) - I'm using it now with 
> Win2K, but that seems a little sub-optimal...

Maybe one of these distributions?

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Mini_Distributions/

Mike Hebel
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A choice between two things. The forked road, a crossroad are an end 
given life must take in order to stay alive. Whichever end they live 
on, they lose something. Whichever end they live on, they are unable to 
find happiness, but are there really only two paths to a forked road? 
No, there are infinite paths we must take. There is more than one path. 
There is more than one path to the future.- Vash



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