Re: its been a while since i've been on here ...linux question!

["Alistair Watkins" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tawn, Jonathan"
<jonathan.tawn@jobcentreplus.gov.uk>
> To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:39 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] its been a while since i've been on here
...linux qu
> estion!
>
>
>> Afternoon!

Morning :)

>> I wonder if any of you would be able to help me with a problem
I've got
> ...
>>
>> I'm using an old laptop (with knack'd lcd) connected to a 15"
lcd, I
>> want to  use a small (small enough to fit on a CF card) linux
distro (no
>> preference on flavour) that will be able to run a wifi card (yet
to buy,
so open to suggestions) and also run an image viewer / slideshow software.

Whatever distro you get, I found it easiest getting a Wifi card based on
the Atmel chipset easiest to get working, my other wifi card (i forget the
chipset) has been a nightmare, and after a few DNS lookups, dies! :o

here is the how to: http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/howto/howto.html

As for a specific distro, i think that the WiFi drives work with pretty
much any, not sure about the installed file sizes though.
If you want to install it on a CF card, and want to use X (to display your
pics and bits) i guess you'll be wanting a bigger 128/256 meg card?

Slackware do a distro that fits on a zip disk:
http://www.slackware.com/zipslack/

otherwise there is damn small linux:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/damnsmalllinux/?branch_id=38341&release_id=133166&topic_id=55
(50meg)

cant say i've used either of these, I'm a big gentoo fan myself, which you
can do a fairly minimal install of 80meg.. but you'll need to know what
you want to put on top of that.

if you google for 'small linux distro' you get back loads of forum
responces with peoples views on certain distros, could be worth plowing
through these for a bit?
Good luck!

HTH

AListair

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