Got a 1 GB hard drive what should i install in it

[heroidi]

What distro would work better on a 1 GB hard drive already tried Xubuntu, Fedora and Knoppix 6 i want something powerfull but lightweight what would you prefer me?

[gn2]

DSL (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)

[heroidi]

DSL (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)

i have a CD so you can install it on a hard drive but my eyes hurt when i use it something better :P.

[benj1]

actually with 1 gb you have quite a choice i suspect an ubuntu alternate install with a lighter WM and a few lighter apps could fit in 1gb (xubuntu i think uses 1.5gb), the biggest problem would probably be speed, if you have plenty of ram that may not be a problem (except booting), you probably wouldn't have any space for swap anyway.

will this just be a tiny hard drive on a decent system, or is it a pentium 75, 16mb ram jobby?

[heroidi]

actually with 1 gb you have quite a choice i suspect an ubuntu alternate install with a lighter WM and a few lighter apps could fit in 1gb (xubuntu i think uses 1.5gb), the biggest problem would probably be speed, if you have plenty of ram that may not be a problem (except booting), you probably wouldn't have any space for swap anyway.

will this just be a tiny hard drive on a decent system, or is it a pentium 75, 16mb ram jobby?

it has 768 RAM 128 Graphic Card and so.

[benj1]

you could try ubuntu alternate install, or debian, or arch, youve got enough ram to do without swap, you won't have loads of space for data, but you wouldn't be able to store lots of that kind of thing anyway (videos, music etc)

[HermanAB]

Hmm, I would 'install' the 1 GB drive in the trash can and use a 16 GB USB memory stick...
;)

[subdivision]

I believe SliTaz would fit.

[MikeTheC]

Stuff

EDIT: Darn, they beat me to it! (great minds think alike, don't 'cha know? ;) )

[ukripper]

OPENGEU (http://opengeu.intilinux.com/Home.html)

It is based on Ubuntu and is light-weight

[izizzle]

Arch with Openbox.

[sarfarazkazi]

CrunchBang

[snowpine]

Some of the above are absurd suggestions from users who have clearly never installed on a 1gb drive. :)

I would recommend SliTaz; the live CD is less than 30mb, and a full install is around 100mb, leaving you plenty of room left over for documents.

Puppy and DSL are also popular options for limited resources.

Better yet, update your storage... a 1TB hard drive costs less than US $100 these days... ;)

[HappyFeet]

Puppy!

[Danny Dubya]

Porn.
I was actually going to suggest that too, until I realized he said 1 GB instead of 1 TB. Oh poo.

[Bart_D]

..Better yet, update your storage... a 1TB hard drive costs less than US $100 these days... ;)

EXACTLY!

When comparing, for example, the WD Caviar Black 500 GB and 640 GB versions, the 500GB version uses two 250 GB platters vs the 2 320 GB platters of the 640 GB, so the 640GB should be slightly faster....whether you need the space or not is irrelevant....the SPEED gain must also be considered, particularly considering how cheap mechanical HDDs are these days..even large capacities.

Now, the Seagate 500GB drives uses a single 500 GB platter. This should give it an advantage over the Caviar Black HDDs, BUT Seagate's "eco-friendly" design slows it down a tad thereby making it come in alongside the Caviars in terms of speed.

Now, the WD Caviar Black 1TB has been found to beat all 7200 RPM HDDs in I/O performance. However, it does have throughput issues when compared to Seagate.......but we all know about Seagate's denial of their plainly obvious reliability issues.

If you want even faster, then the Wester Digital Caviar Black 1 TB utilizes three 333 GB platters leading to a further marginal increase in density and hence performance over the 640 GB version.i.e. it should be the fastest!

Bottom line is that HDD transfer speeds increase when platter density is higher. HOWEVER, fewer platters offer the advantage of generating a smaller amount of heat and also produce less noise. If sound, and NOT speed, is your prime concern then a two platter 640 GB HDD(i.e. a SMALLER capacity) would run cooler and slightly quieter than the larger three platter (higher capacity and speed) version.

[heroidi]

i just wanna play with hard drives around...

[xuCGC002]

It's obviously not Linux, but FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org).

[init1]

It's obviously not Linux, but FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org).
I've got FreeDOS on my old laptop. It's great for watching videos.

[heroidi]

It's obviously not Linux, but FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org).

I don't want any product of the company that starts with M and don't metion the m-word again!

[dragos240]

I don't want any product of the company that starts with M and don't metion the m-word again!

DOS is generic. MS-DOS is mircosoft's version of dos. FreeDOS is free and open source, and is written from the ground up.

[heroidi]

DOS is generic. MS-DOS is mircosoft's version of dos. FreeDOS is free and open source, and is written from the ground up.

Ahh ok is it free software of open source?

[starcannon]

+1 for DSL

[heroidi]

I'll try that openGeu thing