Small Distro Question

[Todd Wirth]

I'll try not to start a distro war, but Slackware does have packages, and
some support for RPMs. If you're interested in packages for Slack (.tgz)
check http://www.linuxpackages.net You can find pretty much anything you
want there.

I just got two identical laptops up and running Slack, that will become our
IPsec gateways between our two offices as a backup solution. They're
currently running 498mb of used space with 2.4.18 kernel source and the
development packages installed.

A base install of Slack w/ networking (package sets A, N, and optional AP)
should run you less than 100 mb, depending on the options you choose.

As far as smaller options, I've played with LEAF (Bering) recently. You
might want to get it out at http://leaf.sourceforge.net.


I'm Slack biased I'll admit it ;)
-- Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org]On Behalf Of
Robert Dege
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:37 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: Re: Small Distro Question



I think it would depend upon your linux experience, not just HD space.  I
would suggest sticking with Redhat/Mandrake, since rpm's make software
installs much easier.

To conserve space, don't bother installing any of the GUI apps (xwindows,
gnome, kde, etc.).  If you're REALLY worried about space, you can always
make a Linux bootdisk & then use the 500MB for swap, DNS tables, and
openssh software.  But I think 500 should be plenty for a distro install
:)

-Rob

> Hello,
> My name is Jonathan, and I've been lurking on the list for a little while
> now.  I've been using Linux for about a year, mostly in a library
> environment (money's tight for libraries these days).
> We're looking into setting up a bare-bones DNS server as a fail-over for
> the library's main ones housed in the school's IT department.  It would
> only run the DNS software and SSH.
> We've got some old 486s that have 500mb HDDs and 16mb RAM.
> My question:
> Are there any distros that anyone would recommend for something like this?
> I've played with Slackware, but I've heard of some smaller
> distributions.  Does anyone have a favourite?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan.
>
>



Dege

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