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From: Mark Hobley on 2 Jun 2010 13:27
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:34:50 -0700, Manuel Rodriguez wrote:

> My question is: which Linux distribution should I use for my 100 MB RAM
> laptop (instead of Ubuntu)? I need one with a precompiled kernel for
> lowram systems.

I use Debian on computers with as little as 64Mb RAM here.

Mark.

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From: General Schvantzkoph on 2 Jun 2010 16:31
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:45:06 -0700, Manuel Rodriguez wrote:

> On 21 Mrz., 11:57, DenverD <spam.t...(a)SOMEwhere.dk> wrote:
>> Manuel Rodriguez wrote:
>> > I run Ubuntu 7.10 on a 100 MB RAM Laptop very fine. But the new
>> > Ubuntu 9.10 doesn't work (perhaps to less RAM on startup). But i need
>> > an uptodate Linux for driver reasons, e.g. Wifi USB Stick, UMTS stick
>> > and so on.
>>
>> > My question is: which Linux distribution should I use for my 100 MB
>> > RAM laptop (instead of Ubuntu)?  I need one with a precompiled kernel
>> > for lowram systems.
>>
>> you try/choose:
>>
>> - Puppy Linux. <http://www.puppylinux.org/> Needs 64MB RAM for versions
>> before 1.0.2. More recent versions need 128MB RAM and 166MHZ CPU
>>
>> -  Elive <http://www.elivecd.org/> (has Enlightenment window manager).
>> Needs 100MHz CPU and 64MB of RAM for one of the older versions. More
>> recent version needs a faster CPU and more RAM
>>
>> -  DSL (DAMN Small Linux).<http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/> needs 16MB
>> RAM on a fast 486 CPU. But that will be slow!! Better off with 64 MB
>> RAM and a Pentium with 200MHZ CPU
>>
>> - Vector Linux. <http://vectorlinux.com/> Needs 32MB RAM and 166MHZ
>> CPU. I suspect much more RAM is desirable.
>>
>> - AntiX 8.2 <http://antix.mepis.org/index.php/Main_Page> will run in
>> 128MB. It's based on MEPIS/Debian.
>>
>> -SliTaz <http://www.slitaz.org/> When it runs, the 25 MB compressed CD
>> image expands to about 80 MB, so any computer with 128 MB of RAM will
>> be able to load it fully into memory, ensuring blazing fast program
>> execution.
>>
>> -Tiny Core Linux is for those who think Puppy Linux is too heavy. Just
>> 10MB it includes a 2.6 kernel and graphics by the Fast Light Window
>> Manager. Includes software from the BusyBox bundle. If 10MB is too much
>> you can go to Micro Core which is under 6
>> MB.http://www.tinycorelinux.com/
>>
>> --
>> DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via Thunderbird2.0.0.23 (20090817), KDE
>> 3.5.7 "release 72-11", openSUSE Linux 10.3,2.6.22.19-0.4-default #1 SMP
>> i686 athlon
>
>
> It seems that on lowram systems the kernel 2.4 is often used (instead of
> kernel 2.6).

The latest Puppy is on a 2.6 kernel.
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