Mr_Yuck Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 lookin for a good linux that is not too big, but that a newbie can use, I only have a 2 gig hard drive available for my shoebox and I want to have something on it, It will have to have room for folding of course after the install. it has 256mb of ram so a swap partition isnt needed how bout yellowdog? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some_Guy_ Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 (edited) Fedora Core 1 can be under 2 GB, especially if you don't install Open Office. Edited May 9, 2004 by Some_Guy_ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 Most (if not all) Linux distros can be installed in under 2G. It just depends on what you select during the install. As for what a new person can use, Mandrake & Fedora are probably the 2 most common (though everyone will say something different). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 Before you go installing anything just yet maybe you should try knoppix and suse 9.1 live to see if you like linux first. You dont have to install either of them, they just run right off the cd. Pretty neaty way to find out if your hardware is compatible and if you like linux all at the same time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 Ive heard CollegeLinux can go down to 5MB or something crazy like that, but if you went Gentoo you only have to install what you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 netBSD would work nicelly... its very good for small/crappy systems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted May 9, 2004 Posted May 9, 2004 (edited) for suse or knopixx , What happens if you need to use the cd-drive Edited May 9, 2004 by Shadowfactor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 it loads the OS into ram so you can eject the CD after its all loaded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Yuck Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 yeah i like linux...and college linux...i tried it and couldnt figure it out...I need a linux for wimps....im gonna see if yellowdog fits cuz i have the iso already....sorry bout puttin it in the wrong forum....i must be blind or something Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 linux for whimps... that would be fedora, red hat, mandrake, any other rpm based os Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 linux for whimps... that would be fedora, red hat, mandrake, any other rpm based os OMG How elitist you must consider yourself. Thats gotta be the most immature statement Ive seen in a while. There is nothing wrong with any or the rpm based nix's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 yeah i like linux...and college linux...i tried it and couldnt figure it out...I need a linux for wimps....im gonna see if yellowdog fits cuz i have the iso already....sorry bout puttin it in the wrong forum....i must be blind or something not elitist, just referring to what Mr_Yuck said. personally, a from-source distro is better as you can pick what you want. yeah, its harder, but its more flexible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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