[RULE] APT, YUM or URPMI on RULE, was: Mini-KDE

[James Miller]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:

> 1. RULE could make/alter an installer to install Knoppix on a hard
> drive.

It already has an install-to-hd routine.

For older machines, DamnSmallLinux is a much better choice.  It is based
on Knoppix, but is heavily modified to be much smaller and make much more
conservative use of system resources.  I think it won't boot with less
than 48MB RAM, though.  Uses Xvesa and/or Xfbd, and fluxbox window mgr.
Is meant to be under 50MB so it can fit on a business card CD.  It has an
install-to-hd routine as well, and takes up about 130MB once everything's
installed.  Uses the same hardware detection/setup as Knoppix, so does a
great job setting up the system.  Comes with a number of prebuilt
configuration scripts (e.g., for setting up networking).  If it's decided
to go in the direction of Debian and/or Knoppix, DSL has already done alot
of the footwork for lightening up the system and reducing system
requirements.

James

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