[PLUG] Re: Small distribution

[Keith Morse]

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Aaron wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone recommend a small distribution of unix to run on a really
> > old laptop (120 mghz 24 mg of ram 1 gig hard drive).  Thanks!
> 
> A great starting point is the Linux Weekly News Distributions page:
> 
>   http://lwn.net/Distributions/
> 
> There are two subcategories on that page that might be of interest to
> you: small disk, and older Intel hardware.
> 
> I'd also second the suggestion for Debian. You can get a basic
> installation pretty small.
> 
> Finally, I know that a group had been working on a single-CD
> Fedora-based distro, but I can't remember the project name.


an alternative might be http://www.rule-project.org/en/

the web page seems a bit dated though.