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A collection of user space programs distributed as a bundle along with a [Linux] [Kernel] and usually an installer, however rudimentary. It is often referred to by the short form "distro".
-Since [Linux] is just the [Kernel], you can't do much without additional tools. A shell is necessary to let the user type commands. More tools are required to let him manipulate the FileSystem and edit files. Most every task requires a program to be installed. Building a LinuxDistribution means choosing which tools to include for which tasks, and configuring them all to work with each other out of the box as far as possible. Nowadays, a LinuxDistribution is usually equivalent to a large collection [Package]s.
+Since [Linux] is just the [Kernel], you can't do much without additional tools. A shell is necessary to let the user type commands. More tools are required to let him manipulate the FileSystem and edit files. Most every task requires a program to be installed. Building a LinuxDistribution means choosing which tools to include for which tasks, and configuring them all to work with each other out of the box as far as possible. Nowadays, a LinuxDistribution is usually equivalent to a large collection of
[Package]s.
Category:Distribution lists:
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-!! Distros
for Limited Hardware
+!! Special distributions
for limited hardware
-Older PCs have slower
CPU speeds
, less
RAM and smaller hard disks, maybe
not enough to
satisfactorily run the mainsteam distros
listed above. The mini distros
are designed to run on limited hardware or to run from a small medium (such as a memory stick or business card sized CD). Of
course, to achieve this, they may lack some
features or
applications.
+Old [PC]s with slow [
CPU]s
, little [
RAM]
and small HardDisk~s may
not be able
satisfactorily run the mainsteam distributions
listed above. There
are specific distributions
designed to run on such
limited hardware; of
course, they have
to omit
features and
applications to achieve their goal
.
-[Damn Small Linux | http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/] disk
space: 129MB, min
RAM: 16MB, desktop
: Fluxbox
-
-[Feather Linux | http://featherlinux.berlios.de/] disk
space: 277MB, min
RAM: 24MB, desktop: Fluxbox
-
-[PuppyLinux | http://www.goosee.com/puppy/] min
RAM 32MB, desktop
: FVWM95
-
-TomsRootBoot runs off
a floppy disk
+[Damn Small Linux | http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/]:
+ * Disk
space: 129MB
+ * Min
RAM: 16MB
+ * WindowManager
: FluxBox
+[Feather Linux | http://featherlinux.berlios.de/]:
+ * Disk
space: 277MB
+ * Min
RAM: 24MB
+ * WindowManager: FluxBox
+[PuppyLinux | http://www.goosee.com/puppy/]:
+ * Min
RAM:
32MB
+ * WindowManager
: [FVWM]95
+[Vector Linux | http://www.vectorlinux.com/]:
+ * Disk space: 850MB
+ * Min RAM: 16MB
+ * WindowManager: IceWM/FluxBox
+TomsRootBoot:
+ * Disk space:
a FloppyDisk
+ * Min RAM: 4MB
+ * No [XServer]
!! Special distributions for removable media
Some [LinuxDistribution]s can be booted from removable media such as a FloppyDisk, a [LiveCD], or a KeyDrive and don't require installation (or indeed any kind of write access at all) to HardDisk. Such a media provides both an excellent way to try out a LinuxDistribution without having to change your [Partition]s as well as a great tool platform for things like network diagnosis and system repair (be it for [Linux] or other [OperatingSystem]s).
@@ -27,9 +39,9 @@
* KnoppixLinux
* [Gnoppix | http://wwww.gnoppix.org/], a KnoppixLinux spinoff that replaces [KDE] with [GNOME]
* [Mepis | http://www.mepis.org/], yet another KnoppixLinux spinoff
* [Slax | http://www.slax.org], based on [Slackware]
-* [Mandrake
]'s [Move | http://www.mandrakesoft
.com/products/mandrakemove
/]
+* [Mandriva
]'s [Move | http://www.mandriva
.com/products/move
/]
SlashDot linked to a [review of some LiveCDs | http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=117223,00.asp] if you want to read a bit of background about them, and how they compare. (Or you can read the [Slashdot discussion | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/25/0340221] for other readers' opinions.)
! FloppyDisk based
