Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Debooknowledgeless@gmail.com wrote:
Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
If you have Internet connection, get Debian netinst CD from: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ and once installation is finished,
apt-get install bsdgmaes and other text based games you want.
Thanks.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Kartik Mistry kartik.mistry@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Debooknowledgeless@gmail.com wrote:
Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
If you have Internet connection, get Debian netinst CD from: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ and once installation is finished,
Or you can try DSL(Damn Small Linux),which will give excellent performance in 486DX with 16MB of Ram.
apt-get install bsdgmaes and other text based games you want.
Thanks.
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Deboo wrote:
Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
Debian 5 (Lenny) with KDE is light weight and loads on old P4 machines with 256 MB RAM. Even lighter is Lenny with the Xfce desktop. When you boot your system from a Lenny CD or DVD, select the advanced option of using an alternate desktop and select Xfce. After that install your system normally. Later at the tasksel pert, you can even choose to install your system without a desktop.
If you could give your system specs that would help in making a better choice.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Ronygnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Deboo wrote:
Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
Debian 5 (Lenny) with KDE is light weight and loads on old P4 machines with 256 MB RAM. Even lighter is Lenny with the Xfce desktop. When you boot your system from a Lenny CD or DVD, select the advanced option of using an alternate desktop and select Xfce. After that install your system normally. Later at the tasksel pert, you can even choose to install your system without a desktop.
If you could give your system specs that would help in making a better choice.
I have a few old P-IIs lying around with 32 MB to 256 MB RAM. Some are without a hard disk too. No network cards, so no Internet either.
I tried to customize slax (http://www.slax.org) and downloaded but the customized build fails to book, giving a killed killed killed message. Strange!
Debian is the best but not for the above no-internet scenario.
I would like using DSL but I'd also want some more apps, compilers, text games. How do you add these to the ISO to make another ISO containing the mydsl extensions?
Any help appreciated. Regards, Deboo
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Deboo knowledgeless@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Ronygnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Deboo wrote:
Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
Debian 5 (Lenny) with KDE is light weight and loads on old P4 machines with 256 MB RAM. Even lighter is Lenny with the Xfce desktop. When you boot your system from a Lenny CD or DVD, select the advanced option of using an alternate desktop and select Xfce. After that install your system normally. Later at the tasksel pert, you can even choose to install your system without a desktop.
If you could give your system specs that would help in making a better choice.
I have a few old P-IIs lying around with 32 MB to 256 MB RAM. Some are without a hard disk too. No network cards, so no Internet either.
I tried to customize slax (http://www.slax.org) and downloaded but the customized build fails to book, giving a killed killed killed message. Strange!
Debian is the best but not for the above no-internet scenario.
I would like using DSL but I'd also want some more apps, compilers, text games. How do you add these to the ISO to make another ISO containing the mydsl extensions?
You can try the same which is using for customising Knoppix(DSL is based
on knoppix 3.4, I guess)).I haven't tried it yet.But i think it will work. http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto
Any help appreciated.
Regards, Deboo -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Deboo knowledgeless@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Ronygnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Deboo wrote:
Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?
Debian 5 (Lenny) with KDE is light weight and loads on old P4 machines with 256 MB RAM. Even lighter is Lenny with the Xfce desktop. When you boot your system from a Lenny CD or DVD, select the advanced option of using an alternate desktop and select Xfce. After that install your system normally. Later at the tasksel pert, you can even choose to install your system without a desktop.
If you could give your system specs that would help in making a better choice.
I have a few old P-IIs lying around with 32 MB to 256 MB RAM. Some are without a hard disk too. No network cards, so no Internet either.
I tried to customize slax (http://www.slax.org) and downloaded but the customized build fails to book, giving a killed killed killed message. Strange!
Debian is the best but not for the above no-internet scenario.
I would like using DSL but I'd also want some more apps, compilers, text games. How do you add these to the ISO to make another ISO containing the mydsl extensions?
Also no need to add all the packages as mydsl packages.While customising you can directly install debian packages from chroot environment .
Any help appreciated. Regards, Deboo -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
I tried to customize slax (http://www.slax.org) and downloaded but the customized build fails to book, giving a killed killed killed message. Strange!
Slax uses KDE, and not suitable for low ram machine. I would Slax for machine with min 256 Mb ram.
How did you customize? The best option is to use dir2lzm.
Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Mukund Deshmukhmukund.deshmukh@gmail.com wrote:
I tried to customize slax (http://www.slax.org) and downloaded but the customized build fails to boot, giving a killed killed killed message. Strange!
Slax uses KDE, and not suitable for low ram machine. I would Slax for machine with min 256 Mb ram.
Nope, it can run on lesser and KDE is not a must. KDE is also a module that you can add/remove. But it has to be done before downloading the ISO. There's also an option that will let you start slax with fluxbox.
How did you customize? The best option is to use dir2lzm.
Check out the slax.org website. Slax is the first distro that allows you to customize the modules you want to have in the ISO. You can even save the build file to your computer. ANd load it later, to download the ISO.
Try it out, it's nice and I added all the best sysadmin and develpment apps that were available. It seems tho, that more than 103 modules cause some problems, either that or I added some extra modules which might be conflicting. I'll try removing them after installing to a hard disk.
Regards, Deboo
Deboo wrote:
I have a few old P-IIs lying around with 32 MB to 256 MB RAM. Some are without a hard disk too. No network cards, so no Internet either.
I tried to customize slax (http://www.slax.org) and downloaded but the customized build fails to book, giving a killed killed killed message. Strange!
Why don't you try the slax default thats available.
http://www.slax.org/get_slax.php?download=iso
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Ronygnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Why don't you try the slax default thats available.
I did, the 200 MB one, and it boots fine. But I don't get the apps that I want to have, with the default slax.
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