[ale] midori linux vs. gentoo linux (features not flame!)

[Chris Ricker]

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Christopher Bergeron wrote:

> Sorry guys, I should've been more clear in my initial post.  I actually 
> need a distro that will run X reasonably on a CFcard/DiskOnChip setup. 
>  The most affordable (value wise for me) is the 256MB Sandisk CF card. 
>  I have a feeling that if I'm diligent, I can get X and my most 
> cherished apps into that space.  And of course, this is for the dashpc 
> project.
> 

In addition to some of the others already mentioned, you might look at:

knoppix <http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html> is a live-filesystem 
Debian-based ISO. Its a bit bigger than your target, but can be scaled way 
down by removing KDE, etc.

demolinux <http://www.demolinux.org/> is another Debian-based system. Leave 
out Star Office, etc., to shrink its size

virtual-linux <http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux> is a similar 
Mandrake-based product. I've not used it, but I think it's a bit bigger than 
you want, but again, leave out the packages you don't need....

dyne:bolic <http://www.dynebolic.org> has the world's worst name, but is 
pretty much already what you want. It's got X, Mozilla, some streaming audio 
clients, etc., and is fairly small (~120 meg gzipped ISO)

Simply GnuStep <http://simplygnustep.sourceforge.net/> is a little bigger 
than dyne:bolic, but is another small live distro. It includes lots of 
GnuStep-based apps (hence the name).

Of those, dyne:bolic or Simply GnuStep would be the easiest to tweak into 
exactly what you want, I would think.

later,
chris
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