Comparison of mini desktop GNU/Linux distributions
STILL WORK IN PROGRESS
Recently I got my hands on puppy linux and DSL and I must say they both amazed me. In fact they looked so interesting that I decided to do a comparative study of the "mini" linux distributions out there. Here I shall try to summarize what I learnt.
First, some disclaimers:
Second, my criteria
Recently I got my hands on puppy linux and DSL and I must say they both amazed me. In fact they looked so interesting that I decided to do a comparative study of the "mini" linux distributions out there. Here I shall try to summarize what I learnt.
First, some disclaimers:
- I am a relative linux newbie
- My comments are going to be totally subjective
- I am unassociated with either distribution (thought that might change)
- Don't know ALL mini linux distributions but would love to hear more
Second, my criteria
- I am considering desktop linuxes, no resuce cds, utility stuff e.t.c.
- "mini" to me means small enough to fir on a mini-cd (185MB). Though both of these are less than 70MB, I think a distribution uptil 185MB can be considered "mini"
- The distro need not run from memory. Though with current machines having 1GB of RAM, I see no reason why a 185MB distro should be unable to run from memory