Re: Debian on ancient machines
pinniped wrote:
Yes, it can be done, but not with the current default system. You now
have to be an expert to get Debian to run on that class machine. For
Debian I would recommend a minimum 32MB with no X, and minimum 64MB if
you run X. However, there are alternatives (see www.distrowatch.org for
too many alternatives).
There are something like 200 which can run as LiveCD on
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
Two popular ones I know of are:
DSL (damn small linux) which can be installed from a CD - in fact the
entire *.iso image is
Mike
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