Which distro?


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I'm setting up a small linux intranet server. It's been cobbled together from pieces of junk so bear with me.

It's got:

  • Pentium 133 MHz
  • 16 mb of RAM
  • 750mb Hard drive
  • 540mb Hard drive
  • 320mb Hard drive
  • 4x CD-Rom drive

Which distro would be best for this spec? It must have RPM installed automatically. Could never manage to compile that one myself.

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Im running slackware 7.1 on an AM486 DX100, so it should run very decently on your system, the only downside is you have to configure x server manually (which takes quite a while if your new to linux). Or you can get Freesco (All the features), it has a built in router/webserver/dhcp server/client and lots of other stuff on a 1.44mb floppy disk, it even has a setup wizard which makes it easy to set up for specfic needs. It is also very easy to install packages for it you just type:

installpkg http://www.whatever.com/packages/apache

and it downloads/installs/configures it for you. You can move the installation to the harddrive by running move2hdd.

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i don't know any specifically, but maybe head over to www.distrowatch.com, and look at the descriptions of some of the distros. i'm sure they'll have a couple lightweight ones that will do what you are looking for.

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I'm running Slackware 8.0 on a 100MHz laptop w/ 40MB of RAM. Slackware should suit that box perfectly. RAM would be a top prioirty if it is a server, however.

-Hatter

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Im running Debian on a P133, 32MB RAM, 500MB hdd as my router/server and it works really well. I access the machine mostly via ssh (it runs without a monitor) but also by webmin.

I'd definately have to recommend Debian :)

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i have managed to install a copy of SuSE 7.1 on a Pentium 166 with 32 meg and a 3 gig hd, it runs okay to, even with Gnome and KDE 2.1

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