linux iso local download for very low resource PC's

[Smiley_lauf]

I am looking at installing a linux distro that can be downloaded locally and has local mirrors to update and install from; my pc is an old 2000 build:
Intel celeron 900mHz
128MB RAM
20G HDD
No graphics accell card

I am thinking of:
Zenwalk
Puppy
SimplyMEPIS antiX

Where do I download these locally and wwhat distro would suit my hardware needs. NOTE: I have tried Xubuntu 7.10, it is very heavy and sluggish I must admit.

Thanks
S

 

[Cadavre777]

All distros should suit your system specs. Try a lightweight window manager like enlightenment or xfce instead.

IS has a few distros available, but for variety you can try out University of Stellenbosch's ftp service.

 

[w1z4rd]

you need puppylinux, wonderfully light. I dont even need a hard drive for mine

sh-3.1# uptime
18:57:01 up 9 days, 3:41, load average: 0.08, 0.11, 0.08

Comes with all the basics, though I dont know where you are going to get it locally. Though, its only about a 120mb download.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

/me goes off to have a shufty at puppylinux

virtualized, of course

 

[dualmeister]

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/puppy

 

[LazyLion]

All distros should suit your system specs. Try a lightweight window manager like enlightenment or xfce instead.

IS has a few distros available, but for variety you can try out Universite of Stellenbosch's ftp service.

Link plz?


oops... thanks

 

[reech]

Xubuntu : http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-cdimage/xubuntu/releases/7.10/release/

 

[Smiley_lauf]

thanks guys and gals. Puppy has just released a beta 4.0; I think I will try that and report back. No local mirror for this either; updates are also done thru a US mirror.

 

[w1z4rd]

thanks guys and gals. Puppy has just released a beta 4.0; I think I will try that and report back. No local mirror for this either; updates are also done thru a US mirror.

Get the version 3 puppy from here in the mean time ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/puppy

You dont really have to install it to see if it will run.

 

[Kloon]

just dont intsall a frontend. If you wanna use it for server go commandline. Should work on any pc spec. I have a celeron 600 running ubuntu 7.10 in commandline, and performance wise no problems.

 

[Smiley_lauf]

Hi guys,

Downloaded Puppy 4.0 Beta; if flies and is lightening fast! on this rig. Man why does Ubuntu not come up with such design...I am sure people will stop buying all these new good for nothing machines that keep requiring Vista for an OS..pa_lease.

Puppy configured almost everything except for the sound (but neither did Win98 or XP on this machine).

Well, there you go.

PS: Does anyone know how to make Puppy use the built-in NTFS support? I tried to write to an NTFS drive but Puppy gave me a "permissions" error?
I may be doing something wrong.