[Gllug] Good up-to-date distro for mini-ITX?

[Christopher Hunter]

On Wednesday 21 Jun 2006 17:12, John Hearns wrote:
> I have a VIA C3 processor on mini-ITX which I would like to run a modern
> desktop-oriented distro on.
>
> I tried a network install of the latest Ubuntu (ie install using the CD
> and retrieve the packages over the network).
> It died on me - processor type is too old for the kernel I guess.
> Anybody got good ideas?
> Fedora 5 wouldn't work for me either, but I'm not surprised as I know
> the kernel has left that type of
> processor behind.

My first try would be DSL (Damn Small Linux), which has pretty much everything 
you want including a choice of a couple of desktops (not Gnome or KDE, 
though).  I've found that I can get it to run on pretty much anything.

Chris

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