Tag Archives: pentium

What is the smallest size linux (choosing a best answer)?

Posted on May 7, 2010 by admin| 6 Comments

I have an extremely old pentium 3 550mhz processor, with 384mbs of ram and a 20 gig hard drive. I dont know what the smallest linux that doesnt run off a live cd is. I have used slax portable linux but i want a permanently installed os (preferably with a kde interface and maybe looks like ubuntu) and I dont want to permanenly install slax becuase it still functions as a live cd, just running from the hard drive.

So the bottom line is, I need a list of small sized linux OS’s with links to a download. remember, I am choosing a best answer.

Thanks!!

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Tagged answer, dont, drive, gig, Hard Drive, kde interface, Linux, mhz, pentium, portable linux, processor, RAM, size, Slax, Ubuntu

I downloaded Gentoo Linux from their website! I downloaded the minimal version!?

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

It is the only one with x86! I have a pentium m intel centrino on my laptop and i suppose it is x86 architecture! Is it or not??

And i have problems installing it! I boot from the cd and it gets me in live cd and from there, i can not install the OS because i do not know how to do it!

Do i need to download something else, or tell me how to install it on the hard!

Please help me!
The minimal is the only one avalabile with x86 architecture(they have more versions of gentoo but will anyone else work for x86 they have amd, sparc and many more )

It is not the livecd because they have a live cd version too i havee the minimal cd/install cd, the only one avalabile for x86! I boot it up and it mounts something and it gets me into a console where it says livecd root#
and from there i do not know how to get it to install! It says it is in the liveCd and in the root directory!
I need help with this! Please help me with my problem do not give me explanation like i need ubuntu or gentoo is not good!

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Tagged architecture, centrino, Gentoo, intel, intel centrino, Laptop, Linux, minimal version, pentium, pentium m, version, website, x86

Can I install linux ubuntu from a usb drive to my PC?

Posted on December 23, 2009 by admin| 3 Comments

I have a Pentium !!! 1.13 Ghz with 384 mb of ram intel motherboard pc is 3 years old. I tried to install it from the live cd but it stoped the installation when i reached 51% the next time it stoped at 50% and so on. I think the cd rom is not installing it well and it heat up very quikly when I install ubuntu but for other operations it works well such as to installing windows XP.
can i copy the setup to a 1 Gb usb drive and boot it as primary and install ubuntu to my pc.

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Tagged drive, Ghz, installation, intel, Linux, motherboard, pentium, RAM, Ubuntu, usb