[lug] compact linux distributions

[Lori Reed]

Have you looked at Damn Small Linux?

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

I've not used it, but I've heard good things about it.

Lori

Brian Stiff wrote:
> I'm looking for a fairly flexible, recently-maintained
> compact distribution, hopefully based on Red Hat or
> Debian.  I want to build a compact streaming media
> player for the garage so I can listen to my mp3's
> while I twist wrenches.  I've looked at muLinux and
> Coyote Linux, but muLinux is fairly stale and doesn't
> provide much flexibility for customisation or hardware
> variety, and Coyote seems more focused on networking
> than media appliances.  Most of the older compact
> distros have disappeared or are not maintained any
> more.