[clue-tech] Recommendation for Lightweight Distro

[chris fedde]

1G  is pretty big.  Nearly any distro's live CD will fit in 1G

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Warren <warren at guano.org> wrote:
> Can anybody suggest a lightweight linux distro that can boot off a 1GB
> compact flash (on an IDE-to-CF adapter), run in RAM, and supports
> Firefox and multimedia apps like flash and mplayer?   ...I guess like a
> kiosk.
>
> Normally, I'd just run Damn Small Linux, but it's having trouble
> identifying the on-board Intel ethernet adapter on the target machine.
>
> BTW, if you've never taken a look at xPud (http://www.xpud.org/), give
> it a try.  It's fast and uncomplicated.  It had trouble recognizing the
> wheel in my wheel mouse (!) and the built-in installer for flash and
> other multimedia apps doesn't actually seem to install anything, but it
> shows a lot of promise.
>
> --
>
>  < /W >
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