Re: [Nolug] Linux on slowwww laptops

I'm running my personal web/mail server on a P166/96/2GB Thinkpad, usign
Slackware. Works OK, but I'm about to upgrade to a P2 400, as the 2GB
limit was really driving me insane. I'm using samba to mount more
substantial space, but I'd rather get everything onto one machine. The
laptop drive along with samba shares are a little pokey.

I'm using a pared down slack install that works like a charm. Although
I set it up so long ago I don't remember any of the hacks I did to get
hardware working. You can just do a console only install, it's not like
you need to have sound/X/etc.

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Alex McKenzie     alex@boxchain.com     http://www.boxchain.com
Mischa Krilov wrote:
> Christopher M. Jones wrote:
> 
>> I have recently been trying to put Linux on some old machines, most
>> notably two old Laptops. I only know the specs on one: Dell Inspiron
>> 3000 with 3G HD and 64M, Pentium MMX 266. 
> 
> 
> <delurk>
> I should've posted my notes from a few months ago. Now I just need to 
> find them... My famous laptop is a Digital (as in DEC) P200MMX w/96MB 
> ram, 2G HDD; replaced the screen after using it headless (!) for more 
> than a year; now the left mouse button has broken and the battery no 
> longer discharges.
> 
> But enough of the past.
> 
> I too, put Gentoo (Stage 3) on it, expecting a miracle. I was less than 
> thrilled with the results. I'm not patient enough.
> 
> When I want to use it, I boot off of Damn Small Linux, Feather Linux, or 
> Puppy Linux. All are sub-100MB distros and can fit on a USB drive or 
> biz-card CD.
> 
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/
> http://featherlinux.berlios.de/
> http://www.goosee.com/puppy/
> 
> I'm also looking into the possibilities of using the machine as a web or 
> mail server. Anyone have any relevant experience with tiny or small 
> server distros? TinySofa seems promising, but maybe I just like their logo.
> 
> MDK
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