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best distro for a person with 256mb ram,low harddisk space & no internet connection

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gary4gar
gary4gar Original post #1
Nov 3, 2007 at 2:54 PM
i am think a common distro for people who ask me for linux, as most of then have the same hardware & socbest distro for a person with
  • 256mb ram:-
  • low harddisk space
  • no internet connection.
  • Hardcore windows user
praka123
Nov 3, 2007 at 2:56 PM
antix-mepis or Xubuntu as u may be knowing.
else make a debian minimal system and install wanted packages only using netinstall method- if u have broadband.
bharat_r
Nov 3, 2007 at 3:52 PM
Hardcore windows user-then try a distro with KDE. I'd say Kbuntu would be right.
azzu
azzu #4
Nov 3, 2007 at 3:55 PM
MInt ????
Vixta???
ChaiTan3
Nov 3, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Fluxbuntu is also good..It has VLC by default
contactpraven2001
Nov 3, 2007 at 6:09 PM
well i m not so sure about 256Ram coz live cd doesn't work well at that but after installation. but if u don't have a broadband connection then mint is good for it ....it
zyberboy
Nov 3, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Re: best distro for a person with 256mb ram,low harddisk space & no internet connecti

Dream Linux, looks cool and fast
*www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/index.html
gary4gar
Nov 3, 2007 at 10:02 PM
i am currently looking at linux mint, any other suggestions?
also the distro should have a large support & should be similar to windows UI and better if it is a single cd as they take up less space:)
M
Nov 4, 2007 at 2:10 AM
PC-BSD or DesktopBSD
praka123
praka123 #10
Nov 4, 2007 at 2:14 AM
^I think bsd's want primary partition to install.afaik logical partitions are not supported/detected in BSD saying logical partitions are a "hack".JFYI!
M
mehulved #11
Nov 4, 2007 at 2:19 AM
praka123 said:
^I think bsd's want primary partition to install.afaik logical partitions are not supported/detected in BSD saying logical partitions are a "hack".JFYI!
I dunno, but someone who's way more versed with BSD, than I am said that it can be done easily with some minor modifications to the loader.