small machine needs a small linux.

[Richard Shaw]

John Summerfield wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Ric Moore wrote:
>>> Anyone know offhand if there is a "small linux" distro that also uses
>>> rpms? I've got some PII's and PIII's to install to, and then give them
>>> away to our charity. So, I'd like something that can make use of these
>>> old machines and include a CD with each of them. Thanks in advance, Ric
>>
>> I'd try CentOS3 as something with older, less bloated code but still 
>> full featured and supported.
>
> I spose one could go for C 2.1 too. My vote though goes with DSL, debs 
> are about as good as rpms, just different. There's also puppy, and 
> maybe lots more at distrowatch.
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I've got XUbuntu (xfce window manager) installed on a spare industrial 
terminal we had at work. It uses a 500MHz transmeta processor w/ 128MB 
ram of which ~12MB is reserved for the X86 compatibility code and it 
seems to work fine.

Actually the biggest issue so far has been getting the touch screen 
working. I want to wall mount it in the Kitchen and use the touchscreen 
and on screen virtual keyboard for things that have to be typed but no 
dice...

Richard