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    Question Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    Guys,

    I want a secondary "tiny" distro to use on an older computer P3 (wired internet). I've read a lot of good reviews on the following:

    crunchbang
    tinyme
    antix
    u-lite
    pud
    dsl
    puppy

    just to name a few.

    i prefer it to work "out of the box". i will basically use it for surfing and word processing (abiword is fine) and spreadsheets (gnumeric is fine).

    how would you rate the tiny distros?

    Thank you.

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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    Tinycore is 10MB.

    EDIT: BTW, Arch is light. I recommend it.
    Last edited by RATM_Owns; February 27th, 2009 at 01:35 AM.

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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    Moved to recurring discussions. This has been asked and answered many times.

    See : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575456

    and distrowatch.
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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    1. Crunchbang Lite

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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    Arch. Not an out of the box distro though. Out of your list from the ones I've used, Crunchbang is overall the best since it's based on Ubuntu, meaning it has pretty recent software and a great package manager, and it's pretty light.
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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    tinyflux, antix, and puppy

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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    The best one I seen is Puppy, out of the box...ready to work. under 78 MB.

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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    i've narrowed my choices to antix, crunchbang and tinyme based on the good reviews i've read on various forums and blogs.

    arch has countless of good reviews but its disclaimer is it is not for newbies at all.

    i need something that works wireless out of the box.

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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    Crunchbang, using it right now and I love it.
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    Re: Best "tiny" distro - Crunchbang, TinyMe, Antix...?

    debian lenny lxde+openbox cd image.
    or just cd1 and uncheck desktop and standard system and then build it from base and up. then there is all the debian packages available and its stabile.
    and as a extra goodie, "its debian "
    please buy this online only compilation to support victims of japan. http://www.punk4japan.com/

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