which type?
May 09, 2005 12:33 PM
I am looking for a linux distro to run on this low-end comp:
intel p2 225mhz
very little ram
5gig disk (I am willing to give 512 megs to virutal memory)
I am going to use it for programming pourposes and not much else. any suggestions?
264
May 09, 2005 01:35 PM
I've never tried it, but Gentoo is meant to be quite good. You compile everything from source, so it optimises itself for your own personal machine.
Downside is it apparently takes forever to compile things, especially on lower-end machines.
Downside is it apparently takes forever to compile things, especially on lower-end machines.
374
May 09, 2005 02:00 PM
Debian.
'nuff said.
But what the hell, I'll say more. Just keep in mind that whatever distro you use, all the newer graphical things are going to be kinda slow for that computer, so it really comes down to just using a really minimalistic window manager, something like Fluxbox for example.
'nuff said.
But what the hell, I'll say more. Just keep in mind that whatever distro you use, all the newer graphical things are going to be kinda slow for that computer, so it really comes down to just using a really minimalistic window manager, something like Fluxbox for example.
300
May 09, 2005 02:56 PM
Slackware is also an option if you're willing to put a bit of effort into getting it up and running.
606
May 09, 2005 03:06 PM
I love Gentoo, but compiling it on a P2—especially if you want a GUI environment—would be excruciatingly painful (unless you can distcc or compile on another box).
A better choice might be something like VectorLinux which, unlike the other distributions mentioned in this thread, is designed precisely to be light enough to run on lower-end machines. (For instance, they claim it should run fine on 32 MB of RAM.)
A better choice might be something like VectorLinux which, unlike the other distributions mentioned in this thread, is designed precisely to be light enough to run on lower-end machines. (For instance, they claim it should run fine on 32 MB of RAM.)
374
May 09, 2005 05:54 PM
Quote: Original post by Miserable
A better choice might be something like VectorLinux which, unlike the other distributions mentioned in this thread, is designed precisely to be light enough to run on lower-end machines. (For instance, they claim it should run fine on 32 MB of RAM.)
VectorLinux is Slackware-based. Really the only difference is that it just doesn't have packages that would be resource-heavy, as far as I know. At least in terms of it being "designed for" low-end machines. You can essentially do this with any of the aforementioned distros, just maybe by selectively installing certain components.
May 09, 2005 07:11 PM
but as I said, I am willing to give 512 megs of my hd to virtual memory
676
May 09, 2005 09:57 PM
Less than a meg of ram on a P2 225MHz? That seems really weird to me. If that's true, you'll have horrible performance no matter what distro you choose because you'll constantly be using swap.
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