Re: [school-discuss] Smallest Linux Footprint

[kibler <kibler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It appears HP has neolinux 3 and 4 available for the unit.
Have you tried one of them? They appear to be free downloads
from HP support site.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3638803&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3638802&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4027

Looks like other tools as well - i.e. thinmanager for linux.


kibler wrote:
> DSL is by far the best small version out there - 50mb in size.
> Distrowatch.com is the best place to look for information
> on small distributions. What some people do is use
> SLACKWARE as it can be scaled  down very easily to
> fit size or special needs - it is also the oldest still going
> distribution. Zenwalk and SLAX are good examples of
> releases based on slackware - check them out they might
> have features you like.
>
> Bill.
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>> cdmiller wrote:
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>> Stewart Ives wrote:
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>>> Hello world,
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>>> I've been working with someone who is currently using HP's E140 thin/thick
>>> desktops to provide a "Windows" desktop to users.  They want to switch over to
>>> Linux and are looking for the smallest linux desktop they can configure on the
>>> E-140's.
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>>> I suggested they look at the Knoppix CD load as that is around 650MB in size
>>> and they would be able to burn it into the 1GB ROM without any problem.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else have any suggestions I might pass along.
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>> Damn small linux:
>> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
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>> - cameron
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