[dundee] Linux on old hardware

[Digit (SG)]

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....


http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/a-thousand-words-10mb/
^ 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.
http://puffinux.freeforums.org/wagtailinux-f4.html


how low do you want to go?

equip as old as oasis?

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.

a couple other interesting discussions on forums with more suggestion gems:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/27597/#p27597
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/4990/make-linux-faster-lighter/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8082276#post8082276

but really, arch forums, gentoo forums and linuxquestions and justlinux and
linux forums all have piles of other hidden gems.
and there's gotta be more bloggers out there sharing their experiences
surely.    methinks it time i got my own "digit's linux blog". (
http://digitslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/digits-first-blog.html )

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.

2009/10/22 Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com>

> Turns out the community and misc repositorys have been ported too, although
> im not sure what state they are in.
>
> [community]
> Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/community <http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/community>
>
> [misc]
> Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/misc <http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/misc>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>> well, It seems I've spoken too soon.
>>
>>
>> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79660
>>
>>
>>
>> was trawling the arch boards, and just so happened to find that handy post
>> where someone has ported arch to i586.
>>
>> his installable media is here: http://archlinux-i586.org/iso/
>>
>> and you'll want to use these for your mirrors in /etc/pacman.conf
>>
>> [core]
>>
>> Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/core <http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/core>
>>
>> [extra]
>> Server = http://chaox.net/~jens/arch-i586/extra <http://chaox.net/%7Ejens/arch-i586/extra>
>>
>> give me a shout if you need any more info.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Nicholas Walker <tel0seh at googlemail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM, <tr.simpson at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The recent thread on power saving on laptops was interesting.
>>>>
>>>> I am currently trying to get an old compaq tc1000 tablet working with
>>>> linux [256mb ram transmeta crusoe processor]
>>>>
>>>> its running pretty snappily with debian lenny and lxde but I'd really
>>>> like
>>>> to try out Arch linux on it as I think I'd have more success getting the
>>>> pen drivers working.
>>>>
>>>> But I can't find a i586 version of arch linux on the net
>>>>
>>>> does anybody have a disc they could copy for me ?
>>>>
>>>> I'll be at the meeting tonight if anyone can help
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
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