2 Jul
2014
2 Jul
'14
11:11 p.m.
On Wednesday 02 July 2014 01:30:28 you wrote:
+1 on antiX, the latest version has a xfce DE, the previous..still
available has Icewm..better for low mem useage.
As David pointedd out, it is based on Debian with a 486 kernel. It is
usefull, imho, to b able to install a base system, no X, and pick your
DE or WM based on hardware. Distro's are convienient for providing this
for you but the ability to do it yourself illustrates ..kernel+gnu tool
chain +X, WM or DE asneeded.
I do prefer Debian for a base for my installs, I add TDE , do not mix
other DE or WM in.
--
Peace,
Greg
Hi,
I think I'll try your distro on my Sony VAIO PictureBook C1VN.
This crap has a 600mhz Transmeta Crusoe 5600, developping
approximately 16mhz of equivalent Intel CPU power :)
And it has 128mb of RAM, not really upgradeable, killing every bit
of possible performance...
The interesting point is that this Transmeta CPU is in fact a 586
virtual machine, so it is non-PAE. Debian was too heavy for it and
I want to see your distro running on my C1VN.
-Alexandre
128 ram may not be enough for a useable TDE. If you got that far, the
ExeGNU installer might puke. 256 is probably the useable minimum..
but do try it and let us know!
Debian was too heavy for it
Depends what DE you chose and perhaps you needed to use the optional
text-based installer. ExeGNU is Debian Wheezy-based.
Another possibility is antiX (also Debian-based) which has 486 kernel
versions and claims to run on 128 ram.
David