hi, i dont often check my lug emails these days, but this title caught my eye after recently exploring the subject... so i'm sure i'll waffle on plenty about it....<br clear="all"><br><br><a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/a-thousand-words-10mb/">http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/a-thousand-words-10mb/</a><br>
^ this was one of the main sites that got me going... so keen was i, i have even started a plan for making a "distro" like such. <a href="http://puffinux.freeforums.org/wagtailinux-f4.html">http://puffinux.freeforums.org/wagtailinux-f4.html</a><br>
<br><br>how low do you want to go? <br><br>equip as old as oasis?<br><br>even if you dont have one as low as needs these super minimal "transparent weight" setups, you're sure to experience the performance boon from having done so on a machine from around 2000 than 1995.<br>
<br>a couple other interesting discussions on forums with more suggestion gems:<br><a href="http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/27597/#p27597">http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/27597/#p27597</a><br><a href="http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/4990/make-linux-faster-lighter/">http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/4990/make-linux-faster-lighter/</a><br>
<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8082276#post8082276">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8082276#post8082276</a><br><br>but really, arch forums, gentoo forums and linuxquestions and justlinux and linux forums all have piles of other hidden gems.<br>
and there's gotta be more bloggers out there sharing their experiences surely. methinks it time i got my own "digit's linux blog". ( <a href="http://digitslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/digits-first-blog.html">http://digitslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/digits-first-blog.html</a> )<br>
<br>so anyways, all the best with the older hardware. my recomendation might as well be just use older software, and only update specifically what you need. its amazing how so many things have bloated and demand more of your resources now.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/22 Nicholas Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tel0seh@googlemail.com">tel0seh@googlemail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Turns out the community and misc repositorys have been ported too, although im not sure what state they are in.<br><br><pre><code>[community]<br>Server = <a href="http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/community" target="_blank">http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/community</a><br>
[misc]<br>Server = <a href="http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/misc" target="_blank">http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/misc</a></code></pre><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Nicholas Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tel0seh@googlemail.com" target="_blank">tel0seh@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">well, It seems I've spoken too soon.<br><br><br><a href="http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79660" target="_blank">http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79660</a><br>
<br><br><br>was trawling the arch boards, and just so happened to find that handy post where someone has ported arch to i586. <br>
<br>his installable media is here: <a href="http://archlinux-i586.org/iso/" target="_blank">http://archlinux-i586.org/iso/</a><br><br>and you'll want to use these for your mirrors in /etc/pacman.conf<br><br><pre>[core]<br>
Server = <a href="http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/core" target="_blank">http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/core</a><br>
[extra]<br>Server = <a href="http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/extra" target="_blank">http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/extra</a></pre>give me a shout if you need any more info.<div><div></div><div><br><br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Nicholas Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tel0seh@googlemail.com" target="_blank">tel0seh@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Arch is currently only available in i686 and x86_64, so unless you want to recompile for another architecture,and then work without a package manager, you'll have no luck.<br>
Also, arch probably isn't the best candidate for cutting edge driver support, so if you want a lightweight system, I'd probably suggest that you go for an ubuntu minimal install, and build your GUI from the command line. <br>
<div><div></div><div>
<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tr.simpson@blueyonder.co.uk" target="_blank">tr.simpson@blueyonder.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The recent thread on power saving on laptops was interesting.<br>
<br>
I am currently trying to get an old compaq tc1000 tablet working with<br>
linux [256mb ram transmeta crusoe processor]<br>
<br>
its running pretty snappily with debian lenny and lxde but I'd really like<br>
to try out Arch linux on it as I think I'd have more success getting the<br>
pen drivers working.<br>
<br>
But I can't find a i586 version of arch linux on the net<br>
<br>
does anybody have a disc they could copy for me ?<br>
<br>
I'll be at the meeting tonight if anyone can help<br>
<br>
Tim<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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