| Gah... I need help choosing a distro. |
by Sim |
2003-11-01 00:52:56 |
| I finally convinced dad to let me install Linux on the box he loaned me. I need a distro to put on there. I do NOT want the thing to be RPM based, and Gentoo was taking to long to compile to suit me, seeing as this box will be used for school. I could install Slackware, but Slack 9.0 was giving me fits the last time I tried to use it, and I haven't tried 9.1. I want the thing to be relatively easy to update, meaning, I don't want to have to download individual package upgrades. It will have to run reasonably well on an AMD k6 @ 375Mhz, with 256K of RAM. Any ideas? |
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Link to yesterdays Linux thread =) | by abstrackt | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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try 9.1 my friend | by TheRaven | 2003-11-01 01:00:28 |
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I would install Slackware | by ideur | 2003-11-01 01:00:50 |
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Ack! Yah, that should've been an 'M' (n/t) | by Sim | 2003-11-01 01:07:47 |
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one comment on gentoo | by Celticess | 2003-11-01 01:06:46 |
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According to my friend, GRP took him 30 seconds | by DaNutBall | 2003-11-01 01:08:55 |
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Absolutely 100% Debian | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:06:49 |
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yes you know that is exactly what | by Celticess | 2003-11-01 01:10:31 |
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I actually just started using Libranet Linux | by delltech | 2003-11-01 21:04:01 |
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Debian... | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 01:29:23 |
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New stable is coming in December (n/t) | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:33:57 |
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Who told you that? (n/t) | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:37:43 |
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It's in the Debian weekly newsletter (n/t) | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:42:26 |
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Hmm... I should read through that more often. | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:44:21 |
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The underlying system itself, though, | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:43:16 |
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Almost a year ago. | by McNutcase | 2003-11-01 01:46:54 |
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"Version of KDE" is hardly a benchmark. | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:51:55 |
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From what I remember | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 01:48:21 |
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Libranix or Knoppix | by swisscheese | 2003-11-01 11:49:25 |
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Slackware isn't that bad, but (no rants here) | by saeckereier | 2003-11-01 05:23:11 |
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OpenBSD! | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 01:25:46 |
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Arch Linux is looking interesting... | by Sim | 2003-11-01 01:29:10 |
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k6 is i586- not i686- compatible. | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:48:58 |
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I've had stuff compiled for i686 run on this box. (n/t) | by Sim | 2003-11-01 01:55:00 |
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It'll work, | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:58:22 |
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ummm...AMD K6 IS i80686 compatible... (n/t) | by acsronin | 2003-11-01 04:59:15 |
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Come on folks...think about this | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:31:15 |
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Ummm... I learned Linux using Slackware 8.1.... (n (n/t) | by Sim | 2003-11-01 01:34:07 |
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So? My first linux was Slackware 2.x | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:35:48 |
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Hmm. Did you notice that, | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:50:00 |
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I hadn't... | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:52:03 |
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So I'm a jerk huh? | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 01:51:44 |
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And I quote, | by fudje | 2003-11-01 01:53:52 |
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Agreed. (n/t) | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:55:07 |
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Fine | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 02:00:55 |
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Ok, go ahead and take it personally | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 01:54:06 |
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Fine, I will | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 01:58:53 |
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Alright, fair enough | by Kickstart | 2003-11-01 02:03:51 |
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Ah, an olive branch! | by LooseChanj | 2003-11-01 02:08:31 |
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No Kickstart nooooo | by silentcoder | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Was that the point? (n/t) | by fudje | 2003-11-01 02:06:14 |
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I was joking buddy | by silentcoder | 2003-11-01 02:09:15 |
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I think I'd have to be Hallucinating | by fudje | 2003-11-01 02:10:42 |
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You only have to compile the whole thing | by JohnClarke | 2003-11-01 04:16:06 |
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What's so wrong with RPM? (n/t) | by Hlloyge | 2003-11-01 08:14:10 |
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Dependencies. | by McNutcase | 2003-11-01 09:38:55 |
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Yup, that's bad. | by Arcanum | 2003-11-01 09:43:31 |
