[nflug] running linux on an older system, gentoo

[Daniel V]

You can install Gentoo with Knoppix.

For an older system, I highly recommend DSL, which you
can not only run from CD-ROM, you can install it on
the hard-drive, as well. It's based on Knoppix.
www.damnsmalllinux.org/
from the website...
"Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be
amazed at how fast your computer can be!)"

keep on rockin' with Linux,
Daniel

--- eric <eric at bootz.us> wrote:

> sounds good I'm convinced.
> 
> joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
> 
> > Thus spake eric on Fri, 31 Mar 2006
> >
> >> Will Gentoo run faster than Debian on an older
> computer?
> >>
> >> I have been using/installing debian for a while
> and want to try
> >> something more complex, but not without good
> reason.  :)
> >
> >
> > Depends on who answers. I use Gentoo so I will say
> that that is. Someone
> > else will say Suse, Slackware, Debian, etc. But
> here's my story...
> >
> > I have a Pentium (586) MMX 266 that I use as
> router, filesharing, etc. I
> > originally ran RedHat (7 through 9 somewhere. I
> can't remember which).
> > It ran ok. I switched to Slackware at some point.
> Huge performance
> > difference just out-of-the-box. Then merely for
> the learning experience
> > I installed Gentoo. The best thing about Gentoo
> was the control I had
> > over the installation. the box was (obviously)
> very limited in
> > resources. I could get the kernel very tiny as
> well as the over-all
> > install (clocked in just under 100M). but I still
> had a very rich
> > development system with great package management.
> >
> > Moral: You will not probably be able to notice a
> performance
> > increase between Gentoo and Debian. Technically it
> *is* there because
> > everything is compiled with optimizations for your
> processor (as well as
> > being able to strip libraries, etc). The only
> place I notice a
> > performance increase is in *raw* data crunching;
> generation of gpg/ssl
> > keys, complex math problems with sin,cos. Stuff
> like that. In general
> > there is not big difference. If you're like me, it
> is comforting to
> > know that it is there. Even if I can't perceive
> it. But its only worth
> > it if you are interested in the learning process.
> There is nothing huge
> > gained that you can't get from Debian or
> Slackware.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
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