[PLUG] Minimal Distribution for Atom 550 Processor

Mon May 20 23:41:03 UTC 2019

On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 16:29 -0700, Michael Barnes wrote:
> I got an SSD for this beast, now waiting on a power cord. In the
> meantime,
> trying to decide on what distribution I want to load. I was
> originally
> going to go with CentOS, but not sure if that is doable on this Atom
> processor. I saw a recommendation for Puppy Linux, but Puppy became
> very
> confusing very fast. Once installed, this will run headless. No GUI
> or
> anything is necessary. Just need basic network stuff like dhcp, ntp,
> gpsd,
> and maybe a lightweight webserver for some static pages and possible
> file
> downloads. It will not be connected to the Internet, just a local
> LAN.
> 
> (Yes, I've used a RaspberryPi for this in the past. I just want to
> use this
> box this time.)
> 
> I appreciate your suggestions.
> 
> Michael
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How about Debian?  The Raspberry Pi runs Debian.
Unless you are running something that requires CentOS, 
go with good ole Debian. 

     -- Michael Robinson