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# 1  
Old 11-28-2005
what is the best linux ver for p100 16 ram
Hello all
i own p100 16ram laptop , i would like to run linux on it
i need it for gcc compilation and shell scripting , no gui.
what version of linux should i install , i dont mind to install old one .
tnx allot
# 2  
Old 11-28-2005
I use Arch linux, and have run it on old slow hardware (but not quite as slow as a P100) with success. I would expect you could get a command line version running on your laptop, and maybe even throw on a super lightweight gui. It is NOT a newbie-friendly distribution since you do a lot of the configuration by hand. But in your case that is exactly what you want - you can install the base system and add the compilers an whatever else you need without any bloat or extra packages. There is good documentation, forums and a wiki, on their website which was enough help to get me going. You can find them at www.archlinux.org.
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Old 11-28-2005
http://damnsmalllinux.org/

Quote:
Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:

* Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
* Boot from a USB pen drive
* Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows)
* Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install"
* Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
* Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
* Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!)
* Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize
# 4  
Old 11-29-2005
You cant go wrong with damnsmalllinux.
Regardless of what distro you decide, you should consider fluxbox as your WM.
# 5  
Old 11-29-2005
Hello and tnx for the fast reply , this minilinux seams to be cool , but i need
the linux machine to be development oriented not GUI , i really don't need any gui .. i need gcc and shells mostly
# 6  
Old 11-30-2005
You WILL want more than 16MB if you want to use gcc, trust me. You migth be able to get it working on 16 by using tons of swap space, but it'll be swapping like a wounded moth. 32 would be minimal, 64 would be better, 128 would be great.
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