[ale] Monochrome PC & small distros

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David B." <linux at roguepc.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:27 PM
Subject: [ale] Monochrome PC & small distros


> I have suitcase PC it has a built-in amber monitor with a 486SX25 MB, 32
> megs of Ram, a 212 meg HD 14,4 modem, and a 10 base NIC.(no mouse) It
> has had DOS 6,2 on it and I managed to get Red Hat 5.2 "CLI" on it but
> there wasn't much room left on HD. I hate to throw it away, everything
> still works like new!
>
> I was wondering which of the small distros out there would be the best
> for my hardware combination. I want to use it just to do some logging,
> and maybe some other Ham Radio chores. I've been looking at: DSL,
> Tiny-LiNuX, STX, Puppy. Which of these or possibly one I missed would
> work the best? Been leaning toward DSL, but not sure...
>
> David B.

If you can find a copy of Linux magazine, the DVD that comes with it has 11
small Distros on it. It should be on shelves. I just got it in the mail
yesterday.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/76

Bradley