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Linux On P2 (Was Ubuntu)
by Simon Royal 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hi Following up from your views on Ubuntu. If I was to get a laptop about P2 400 what would be a good Linux distro. It would need to run pretty fast. I realise the machine isn't super quick, but I know Linux runs a damn site better and faster than Windows. All I would want it for is Wi- Fi access so would need a distro that would pick up a wireless card and run internet, email and office apps like OpenOffice. Regards Simon Royal >- The box said Windows 2000 or better, so I bought a Mac

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Re: DSL
by David Noble 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

> Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:36:13 +0000 > From: Simon Royal <s.royal(a)totalise.co.uk> > Subject: [ALUG] Damn Small Linux > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Message-ID: <039aa294024c1b5bf04d436c4f1f05e0(a)totalise.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi > > I have been reading about DSL (Damn Small Linux) and wondered if anyone > had any experience with it. I know it is capable of running on a 386, > so my problem of finding a cheap Pentium laptop to run Linux on > sufficiently shouldn't be a problem. > > I wondered if anyone knows how stable it is? does it work with wifi > cards? what the desktop is like? any general info? > > > Kind Regards > > Simon Royal > > ---- > www.majikb.co.uk > The box said requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought an Apple Mac Regarding DSL: I tried it on my now Debian machine- it installed ok; but I had problems with APT. Although it was nice to have X pre-configured, and a whole load of software ready-to-go, I found it was better to start with Debian Sarge from scratch. DSL (as i'm sure you have read) starts as a Live CD. Download it and see it for yourself- you may have better experiences with APT. Regards, Dave.

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Excluding a directory with cpio
by Wayne Stallwood 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

I am trying to write some automation into a tape based DR process for an elderly SCO unix Box I have an archive of the live systems complete filesystem which I can recover using a carefully formatted cpio command. However I want to exclude a few of the top level directories from this recovery (mostly /stand). I've worked out how to use the find command to extract only certain files, but how do I do the opposite ?

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Damn Small Linux
by Simon Royal 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi I have been reading about DSL (Damn Small Linux) and wondered if anyone had any experience with it. I know it is capable of running on a 386, so my problem of finding a cheap Pentium laptop to run Linux on sufficiently shouldn't be a problem. I wondered if anyone knows how stable it is? does it work with wifi cards? what the desktop is like? any general info? Kind Regards Simon Royal ---- www.majikb.co.uk The box said requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought an Apple Mac

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Re: [ALUG] Linux On P2 (Was Ubuntu)
by Peter 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

1) Debian with either Windowmaker, fvwm, Fluxbox or Blackbox and Koffice instead of OO. 2) Slackware with same 3) DSL (fluxbox) 4) stx 5) Vector 4.3. Not Soho. 6) Astrumix 7) Maybe Beatrix, didn't work for me. 8) e-live 9) Little Debian (page seems to be only in spanish) 10) Puppy Peter

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Re: main Digest, Vol 7, Issue 29
by David Noble 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

I have debian running very quickly on a celeron 650/64 megs of ram. If you use a window manager like Fluxbox or FVWM, it makes all the difference. Good luck! Dave.

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Re: ubuntu
by Peter 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Surely it is not the distribution? Though Slackware or the Slackware derived Vector, might be a bit faster. Surely its the Window Manager? On slow machines, fvwm or Windowmaker should run fine regardless of what distro, and kde or gnome should be painful similarly regardless of distro. Fluxbox or blackbox should be very fast. Or maybe even enlightenment? I found that WindowMaker and the others mentioned would run fine on Debian on a 200mhz mmx with 64Mb memory. Nothing with KDE or Gnome would even boot. KOffice would run fine, but OO was painful. Konqueror was fine too, though xfe was snappier as a file manager. If you want to test before you buy, boot with DSL. If DSL works well, then Ubuntu with a light WM will most probably work too. There are isos of e-live available also, if you want to test enlightenment. Peter

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Brett Parker 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. Historically, these used to be the only time a lot of us would be about, now the channel has some usual faces that are there most of the time (except at silly o'clock, when we might be sleeping, or on the second thursday of the month, where we might be drinking in the Reindeer), so don't feel limited to visit during this time, come visit us when ever you feel like it! The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include xchat, irssi and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://www.irssi.org/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Ubuntu
by Simon Royal 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

Hi I have been running a Ubuntu live CD on a G3 iBook and quite liked it, its the best Linux distro I have encountered. Has anyone any experience with it. I want to buy a laptop to run it on and wondered if anyone had it running on a lo-spec machine as I am short on cash so need to find cheap laptop to run it on. I wondered if anyone has wireless experience in Ubuntu as I have a 802.11g wireless network and what machines they have been run on. Regards Simon Royal >- The box said Windows 2000 or better, so I bought a Mac

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Re: Ubuntu
by Simon 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

Hey, Yeah, Ubuntu rocks. It's the distro that got me into Linux 100% and I love it! If you want to run it on a low-spec machine, forget Gnome, for a start. You want to install XFCE, it's easy-- do the following; sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop Logout, and click "Sessions" on gdm. Choose XFCE and log back in. The xubuntu-desktop is just a meta package which tells Ubuntu what packages it needs to download for XFCE. Other low-resorce desktops include fluxbox and IceWM. Check them out on Google.. If you look around on the Ubuntu Forums there's a number of threads in the Customisation and Tips section which show you how to fine-tune Ubuntu. For example, disabling unwanted services makes the machine boot quicker. I've not timed mine recently but it doesn't take long at all after disabling stuff like the dialup adapter, the bluetooth module (don't have bluetooth) etc etc. http://ubuntuforums.org/ My laptop has built-in wireless 802.11g and I use it with Ubuntu all the time when I'm at home. Using a prog called "network-manager", apt-get install that for better use. It "just works"(tm).. Never had a problem with it. :) As for cheap laptops, I can't recommend Novatech highly enough. http://www.sionide.net/index.php?page=hardware That's my laptop. It was £609 but they do them much much cheaper than that. See http://www.novatech.co.uk/ -Simon Elliott ps. If you want a set of Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger CDs for PPC, let me know - I have loads.. > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:23:40 +0000 > From: Simon Royal <s.royal(a)totalise.co.uk> > Subject: [ALUG] Ubuntu > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Message-ID: <736C81D6-59D7-447F-A5EE-F5F9EB57FF5A(a)totalise.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hi > > I have been running a Ubuntu live CD on a G3 iBook and quite liked > it, its the best Linux distro I have encountered. Has anyone any > experience with it. > > I want to buy a laptop to run it on and wondered if anyone had it > running on a lo-spec machine as I am short on cash so need to find > cheap laptop to run it on. > > I wondered if anyone has wireless experience in Ubuntu as I have a > 802.11g wireless network and what machines they have been run on. > > > Regards > Simon Royal > > >- The box said Windows 2000 or better, so I bought a Mac >

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