Which distribution with 32Mo ram ?

[kloobik]

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Hi,

A friend of mine owns a laptop which has 32 MO RAM (EDO), and AMD 266MMX processor and 3.2 GO Hdd.
He wonders wich distro he can install on his computer.
Any suggestions ?

[techieMoe]

Definitely a lightweight. You might consider Damn Small Linux:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

[truoc444]

Two Votes for Damn Small Linux but i've heard Vector is good on slower systems too.

[bryansmith]

Damn Small Linux is a good choice. Here is a link to the wiki article about installing to the hard drive: http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index..._the_Hard_Disk

Bryan

[kloobik]

Two Votes for Damn Small Linux but i've heard Vector is good on slower systems too.

Do you mean http://www.vectorlinux.com/ ?

[psic]

Yes, that's what he means.


edit: though make sure to try the 'standard' edition, as the 'SOHO' has a bit more... well, stuff.

[budman7]

From Vectorlinux.com

1. System Requirements
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- VectorLinux 4.3 Download Edition (minimum requirements):

Pentium Classic 166 MHz
32 MB of RAM
At least 835 MB free of hard disk space plus 64 MB of swap space.

To have a more comfortable experience with VectorLinux 4.3 we would recommend a 233 MHz (MMX) processor with 64 MB of memory as a minimum.

It should work on that old laptop, but it may run slow.
You could try adding some ram.

[kloobik]

Thanks for your answers !

[onlinebacon]

Damnsmalllinux would run better on that machine than Vector, I mean, because it can run on 486s too, so you would be fine on it with a frugal install.