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by **pugrit** on Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:04 am

guys,

i have this old laptop:

fmv-5120NU5 fujitsu
32MB
1.ooGB HDD

currently i got windows 98 insatlled on it with blackbox as interface...given so it still eats lots of memory, take to long to refersh

i was wandering what other minimalistic distro i could intsall into it ...my search pointed me to university linux and basiclinux they are both nice but im kinda hoping there is a distro outhere for this ow spec with a lil GUI.

any suggestions?it would be a waste if i just throw it away or so..might as well utilize it..

thanks

by **mm_freak** on Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:36 am

You can use almost any distribution. I'd suggest using Debian on that kind of system.

by **whisky** on Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:29 pm

A minimal version of Slackware would also do, but ofcourse, if you don't want GUI.

by **Eldin** on Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:39 pm

besto thing is to buy a new laptop Smile

by **pugrit** on Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:37 am

if i buy a new laptop then i woudnt be serving my primary purpose of utilizing this old laptop.

tried installing ubuntu..the laptop cant read the data on the cdrom..probably memory problems..

anyways, i think ill search for other minimalistic distros around.

by **genchev** on Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:59 am

Try using Slax. I think it's the best for that type of laptop. Also from windows try 95, it's really not so fast like 98 but use minimal RAM and cpu.

by **Bugs42** on Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:23 am

You may want to try Vector Linux. Based on Slackware, and good for smaller installs.

by **kurubot** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:41 am

the slackware running text mod or blackbox is very recommendedlive cds starts the x desktop and can be a problem to you

by **nagual** on Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:45 pm

you could also try damn small linux.

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

by **Pantero Blanco** on Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:24 pm

There are lots of scaled-down distros out there. I generally use the latest Slackware or NetBSD with either no GUI or a very light one (ie, blackbox) for older boxes.

by **cyberbaze** on Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:27 pm

Damn SMall Linux is what i recomend too , i will try it on my 486 one i get a HDD , why dsl ? becouse you'll have a linux distro that would not use all of your resourses and get GUI (fluxbox). You'll be satisfied with Damns small linux belive me Smile

by **joeabimansour** on Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:44 pm

Damnsmalllinux is a good choice, it needs minimal ressources, uses fluxbox as wm...

by **krod** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:47 am

Our old server, fusion, ran on 64mb of ram nicely with openbsd(no graphics).

by **veritas** on Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:31 am

use gentoo without X or any other fancy graphics. just text based stuff Very Happy

by **rgos** on Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:10 pm

nagual wrote:you could also try damn small linux.

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

I agree it is really good and it is just 50megs Got to love DSL

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