[Gllug] Linux distro for small memory system

[Ken Smith]

Richard Jones wrote:

>Has anyone any thoughts on a suitable Linux distro for a relatively
>small memory laptop (64 MB of RAM, but nice 650 MHz processor)?
>It has to be usable by someone with little computing experience - this
>is an upgrade from Windows ME (!)
>
>I've been following a couple of "how to install Ubuntu on low memory
>systems" guides[1][2], but I'm not getting very far as they seem to be
>quite outdated.
>
>Rich.
>
>[1] http://www.binonabiso.com/en/Ubuntu-miniRAM-HOWTO.html
>[2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=42873
>
>  
>
I've been using DSL (Damm Small Linux) on a P133 80Mb memory, laptop for 
a while now. A bit slow but useable. I often redirect the output from 
other boxen to it and just use it as a X terminal.

Take care

Ken
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