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Looking for a Linux flavor that can do this...

by MrKassner Sep 14, 2009 10:41AM PDT

I'm looking for a flavor of Linux to install on my flash drive as my general "computer-2-go", I've tried a few so far, my favorite being Ubuntu as I'm still new to Linux and this seems to be easy to learn on. But basically I'm looking to see what else that fits under these qualifications so I can try them out... I love messing around with different distros.

1. Able to run on a computer as low as a 500Mhz CPU and 128MB RAM
(It'll be rare I'll be on such a slow computer)
2. Able to run off a flash drive in no more then 4GB space

Yeah not many requirements really. I just want to see everything you guys suggest and try some (if not all) of them out. I'm using Ubuntu on my flash drive now, so far I like it, just it can boot a lil slow. I have a ton of computers I use and having a flash drive with my own "computer" on it just makes things so much easier. Not to mention it's a fun thing to mess with/show off. Lol.

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Doesn't Ubuntu do that already?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 14, 2009 10:46AM PDT
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I was looking at that,
by MrKassner Sep 14, 2009 10:53AM PDT

am downloading it now. About how "user-friendly" is it? As I said I'm still very new to Linux. I'm trying very hard to learn things though. xD I plan on getting rid of Windows once Windows 7 expires.

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As hard as we make it to be?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 14, 2009 10:56AM PDT

I use Linux but for web browsing, Open Office it feels no different than on Windows.

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Alright,
by MrKassner Sep 14, 2009 11:07AM PDT

that should be great. Main things I use are Firefox, MSN, Skype, uTorrent, and SecondLife. Which all of those except MSN and uTorrent work on Linux luckily. But I think that Pidgin messenger supports MSN, I'm not sure I've never tried it, and I'm sure theirs some Linux version of a torrent downloader too.

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Well I'm on Puppy Linux as I type...
by MrKassner Sep 14, 2009 1:59PM PDT

It's not really what I want, but I can see myself using it for awhile to try it out a bit. It doesn't seem to run the same as other Linux distros, like I tried using a "sudo" command and it said it didn't know what "sudo" was. But I'm working on figuring things out. Right now I'm wondering if I can change desktop environments, or even find out what this one is right now.

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If you're looking for a live distribution of linux...
by FrankQC Sep 15, 2009 1:52AM PDT

... I'm a big fan of Debian Live.

that's the only one I use if I ever boot Linux off of a USB. Other than that, if Debian Live doesn't work I would end up using Knoppix

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I'm getting ready to try Xubuntu as I type...
by MrKassner Sep 15, 2009 2:11AM PDT

I've heard a lot about Debian too but never used it yet. It'll probably be my next choice. Basically I'm looking for an OS that can be as simple as Windows 95 when on a weak computer but go all the way up to using Compiz when on a strong computer. I found some stuff on how to install Compiz on Xubuntu so Ima try that once the LiveCD is done burning. The whole Puppy Linux just wasn't for me. I could of made it for me but with the lack of instructions on how to do things I was left clueless.

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Yea.
by FrankQC Sep 15, 2009 2:19AM PDT

But remember they're all pretty similar. Your main limit is the hardware.

I'd still go for DebianLive.

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I will try Debian tomorrow...
by MrKassner Sep 15, 2009 3:08AM PDT

But so far I'm liking Xubuntu. It's having some trouble running on my 1GB flash drive (updates not wanting to install because not enough space, trying to find a way to make it download updates to another spot atm) but it seems pretty good, and since alot of people use Ubuntu I know it will be real easy to get help.

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ya
by FrankQC Sep 15, 2009 3:17AM PDT

Make sure it's Debian LIVE so it can fit on your usb and bootable from there. Faster.

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