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| dynebolic may not be for everyone. This is not meant to be heretical, but there are other distributions that may be better suited for minimal hardware situations, etc. The idea for |
There are other distributions that are also suited for minimal hardware situations, optimized to not waste your time and money, with a non-business minded phiosophy. Here we gather some links, the idea for |
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| No doubt the format will change - this is only the beginning. For instance, the list below could be (should be?) links to and brief descriptions of these distros. |
You can help completing the list below with more links and brief descriptions of the distros. Please don't add any distro that is not especially optimized. Dyne.org follows certain quality standards in the software that it does, so this list should link only to third-party software that somehow matches those standards. If you are wondering, Ubuntu and Knoppix do not match: they are too bloated and require latest expensive hardware to run. |
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| * Kaella (french Knoppix) * Slax (lightweight good distro ) * Simple Mepis (never tested ... one of the most popular) |
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| * Ubuntu live (open source with money popular distro) * Mandriva Live |
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| * Ubuntu PPC http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/ubuntu-releases/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-live-powerpc.iso http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/ubuntu-releases/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-powerpc.iso This distro works great on my Quicksilver Dual g4. The installer even automagically configured the "Yaboot" portion that sets up the dual boot between OSX and Linux. |
Main homepage of dynebolic: http://www.dynebolic.org
There are other distributions that are also suited for minimal hardware situations, optimized to not waste your time and money, with a non-business minded phiosophy. Here we gather some links, the idea for this page was suggested via the dynebolic mailing list
You can help completing the list below with more links and brief descriptions of the distros. Please don't add any distro that is not especially optimized. Dyne.org follows certain quality standards in the software that it does, so this list should link only to third-party software that somehow matches those standards. If you are wondering, Ubuntu and Knoppix do not match: they are too bloated and require latest expensive hardware to run.
The following list of distros were suggested as fits for various kinds (please insert description thereof) of low tech computers:
- tomsrtbt (minimalistic distro)
- puppy linux (best for old hardware)
- Damn Small Linux ( damn small knoppix with modules , great!!!)
- Zomp
- yopi
- Slax
- Simple Mepis
- Oralux (for visually impaired)
pit3PEER on http://lab.dyne.org/pit3PEER
return to the dynebolic wiki: http://lab.dyne.org/DyneBolic