[lug] compact linux distributions

[Matt Poepping]

Here is a list of the single floppy distros that I have used in the
past and work ok
http://www.linuxrouter.org/
http://mulinux.sunsite.dk/
http://www.toms.net/rb/
http://www.coyotelinux.com/

Or you could just have your remote computer pxe boot from another
server in your house, so at every boot it would have a clean image.
http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php

This page http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html  has a bunch of links on
setting up linux to boot via pxe for a linux diskless workstation.

the linux terminal server project.
http://www.ltsp.org/

If this is just for playing music then here are some bootable linux
distro that where created for just that purpose
http://amacdys.sourceforge.net/
http://www.geexbox.org/en/screenshot.html
http://movix.sourceforge.net/
http://womp.sourceforge.net/

Apple also has the airport express basestation, which streams music
from itunes over a wireless network.



On 5/16/05, Hugh Brown <hugh at math.byu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 13:05 -0700, Brian Stiff wrote:
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 21:27:51 -0600
> > > From: David Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>
> > > Subject: Re: [lug] compact linux distributions
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > What do you mean by compact?  If you have 1GB of
> > > disk space you can run
> > > Debian testing out of the box.  I have a web & mail
> > > server in <700MB of
> > > disk with 64MB of memory on a machine that's close
> > > to 10 years old.
> >
> > Sorry, I should have been more specific WRT the
> > "compact" label.  I'm hoping to avoid using a hard
> > disk, so a small read-only compactflash-based
> > installation is more along the lines of what I'm
> > after.  Lori Reed's suggestion of using Damn Small
> > Linux is looking like the winner so far.  I'd run
> > across it earlier and dismissed it for some reason,
> > but apparently I've been breathing enough brake
> > cleaner fumes or something to have re-arranged my
> > priorities, so upon re-visting, it's looking good.
> >
> > >
> > > I think that Debian is easier to minimize than the
> > > RH distros, based on
> > > my experience with RH9 and FC2.  And aptitude's
> > > tracking of
> > > automatically installed packages rocks for just that
> > > (let me know if you
> > > want details).
> > >
> >
> > It's looking like Damn Small supports apt-get, so I'll
> > be able to put together the image I want, then fairly
> > easily get it up to date.
> >
> > I realize that most distributions can be pared down to
> > a "minimal" sort of installation, but I've had limited
> > success with that sort of endeavor.  I had hoped for
> > something that was already pretty well put together,
> > so I wouldn't have to spend too much time playing
> > hit-and-miss with the software.  Call me lazy, but I
> > prefer to play with hardware more than software.
> >
> > -B
> >
> 
> I believe Damn Small Linux is a stripped down version of knoppix which
> is a stripped down version of Debian.
> 
> You might also look at Compact Flash Linux (http://www.cflinux.hu/ and
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/cflinux/ for quick info).
> 
> I've used a stripped down version of Knoppix on a 256MB USB thumb drive
> (it only needed a browser/sshd and not much else).  I think I was able
> to squeeze it down to about 160MB, so there was room to add back in a
> few things if needed.
> 
> Back when I checked (about 2yrs ago), DSLinux had about a 50MB
> footprint.
> 
> Hugh
> 
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