Re: [SLUG] Lightweight distribution

2011-12-06 Thread Maxim Zakharov
Hi, On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > 1. Because they're old laptops, I need a fairly lightweight >   distribution - perhaps based on xfce or Enlightenment or similar. Try Lubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu It's becomes an Ubuntu version for low-spec ha

Re: [SLUG] Lightweight distribution

2011-12-06 Thread David Lyon
Depends what you are looking to do. Have you tried Puppy Linux? DSL - Damned Small Linux I agree wireless is harder on lighter distro's. Maybe that is the area that you need to Master. Then load that as a custom script. On 11/30/11, Edwin Humphries wrote: > G'day all, > > I'm looking for the

[SLUG] Lightweight distribution

2011-12-06 Thread Edwin Humphries
G'day all, I'm looking for the right distro to install. I have a couple of laptops that I don't care if they break, so I can take out to work-sites where we're doing installations in sometimes less than hospitable circumstances. 1. Because they're old laptops, I need a fairly lightweight d