Subj : Slimmed down Debian
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun Aug 18 2019 08:28:00


Hi Mike!

 MP> Moving to the NIX area...

Makes sense!


 > Quite possibly Ubuntu is too much for your machines; do know there are
 > condensed and lighter versions of Linux out there, just haven't used
 > them.  Some time back (year or more) Ky posted some of his experiences
 > with them.
 MP> Yeah, I have been meaning to ask around about any possible debian
 MP> derivitives which are based on 8 or 9 but which keep the kernel
 MP> and security packages updated.

I was looking for the old post for Ky but wasn't able to find it; few
years old and either would need a good file title to find or recall some
keywords (Recoll is a pretty good search utility).

Did find a few items of potential interest.  A search for one thing may
lead you to what you need....



Inserting from notes:

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 System: The Safe BBS
   Area: Chit Chat
   Date: 04-16-16 06:48
   From: KY MOFFET
     To: BARRY MARTIN
   Subj: Re: spider was: turkeys

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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

> Some time back I played with something called "Puppy Linux", think
> this is what you are referring to.  'Wary' is probably the version.  
> (The Linux folks have a little fun and name each whole number version
> with an animal and adjective beginning with the same letter, so
> guessing the Puppy Linux folks partially followed.)

Some distros have all sorts of weird release names, yeah. Ubuntu is
famous for that. I wonder what happens when they reach Z.

There are half a dozen Puppys, for different purposes. Wary Puppy is for
old hardware. (Hardwary, I suppose.) I had it on my old laptop for a
while -- nimble and well-behaved, other than wireless working only when
it felt like it, which is a fairly common problem across linux. Even
among the broad swath of current distros I recently tested, a few had
problems with the wired network, and I doubt they'd be better with
wireless.



- - - -

Alpine Linux  "Review: Alpine Linux is small, fast, and different.
Stripped-down Linux distribution shines for containers and appliances,
but you have to earn it."

(This note from an article headline I received while in Vienna [so very 
current] but couldn't access because of EU/US regulations.)

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 System: The Safe BBS
   Area: UNIX_Linux
   Date: 12-14-07 03:07
   From: CHARLES SCAGLIONE
     To: BARRY MARTIN
   Subj: Re: Installation Problems

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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:07:00 -0800, BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Barry:

>Having problems istalling Ubuntu to an admittedly crappy system: can't
>find the specs on it but Pentium II comes to mind, 32 MB RAM, and CD
>ROM.  (This is the unit I'm thinking of using as the Frontend to the
>MythTV Project.)  Right now it's attempting to do an install so don't
>want to reboot to get the info.

Forget it.  Ubuntu is not going to install on a system with only 32 MB
memory.  Nor is it going to run very well on a P-II. probably should 
give Damn Small Linux a try instead.

Go here and read up on it and then give it a shot:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/

Regards.

- - - - 

Well, that might lead you to some leads.  ...I've forgotten your details
(sorry) but may be hitting a few of them here: "big project" of 
upgrading many of the older computers here to Ubuntu 18.04 and MythTV 
v30.  Most are currently at 16.04 (don't think any 14.4 or 14.10) and 
MythTV 0.28.  Biggest problem is 'taking forever' to boot and then load
MythTV -- definitely CPU and motherboard issues (so hardware), though 
plays the TV shows fine (I think loads to RAM).




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