[TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway

[Jim Ray]

Go on and try Microsoft Vista for that type of machine :-)
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Magnus
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:36 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] lightweight linux distro/pc giveaway
> 
> jason at monsterjam.org wrote:
> > (taking one more whack at this dead horse) thats why youd want to  run
Gentoo. so you
> can be as lean and mean as you
> > want, or as fat and bloated as any modern-day M$/linux binary based
distro. Nothing is
> installed by "default".
> OK I'll feed the troll :)
> 
> So how many weeks will it take to compile everything needed for a basic
> desktop system running on something like a Pentium 75 with 16MB RAM and
> a 1GB hard disk?  And will it even fit?
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