What is the lightest distro for using Debian/Ubuntu softwares
Which distro uses lowest system resource (when installed on hard_disk/usb.) where I can install software from Debian OR Ubuntu repository?
I found Quelitu which is based on Lubuntu, but uses less memory as given on their site. There are lighter distros but most of them are based on Slackware. I don't have much experience so want some expert opinion. Thank you in advance.
I am interested in doing some heavy video work. I have a ADVC 110 Video capture device, which I am using to capture VHS video tapes, which I will convert on the server to DVD format and burn to DVD's using DVD production software. I will also take the captured video file and split it up in parts... (1 Reply)
I have a computer here that has Ubuntu 11.04 - Natty Narwhal and when I boot it up a screen appears saying "Ubuntu Studio - Linux for creative humans." How can I tell if this distro is actually ubuntu studio or ubuntu 11.04 (not ubuntu studio). This is not my machine, so I am not sure what the... (3 Replies)
ok, im going to start off by saying i am a newbee so some of the stuff i say may not be right.
but anyways, right now i am using ubuntu hardy for my main distrobution. i love it and all, but the main reason i switched to linux (besides drm and the blue screen i see on my comp about ten times a... (13 Replies)
Hi,
I am using Debian (ubuntu). whenever I ftp file from Windows to Debian, the file is being shown as DOS while editing in vi. The control characters are not visible and I couldn't remove the '^M' character. So please help me how to make it Linux specific file to use it for Linux specific tasks. (4 Replies)
I have 512 mem on this laptop, though 'top' tells me I only have 380. However, Ubuntu is using 288 mb of memory, when I only have 3 terminals, running lynx, vim(for this file) and (of course) top. Considering it I have lynx running a 600 page txt file, which of course would eat some memory but 300?... (0 Replies)
UBUNTU-DISTRO-INFO(1) General Commands Manual UBUNTU-DISTRO-INFO(1)NAME
ubuntu-distro-info - provides information about Ubuntu's distributions
SYNOPSIS
ubuntu-distro-info [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS --date=DATE
date for calculating the version (default: today)
-h, --help
display help message and exit
-a, --all
list all known versions
-d, --devel
latest development version
--lts latest long term support (LTS) version
-s, --stable
latest stable version
--supported
list of all supported stable versions
--unsupported
list of all unsupported stable versions
-c, --codename
print the codename (default)
-r, --release
print the release version
-f, --fullname
print the full name
SEE ALSO debian-distro-info(1), distro-info(1)AUTHOR
The script and this manual page was written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.
distro-info January 2011 UBUNTU-DISTRO-INFO(1)
What is the lightest distro for using Debian/Ubuntu softwares