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James Miller wrote:
>
> Don't try Gnoppix on a machine with only 64MB RAM.  
> It won't work.  It's probably very much like Knoppix, 
> requiring a minimum of 96MB RAM to boot into graphical 
> mode.  

Wow, I didn't know it was so resource-hungry.  

> If you want to try out a graphical mode "live CD" 
> Linux on that 64MB RAM machine, go for DamnSmallLinux 
> (www.damnsmalllinux.org ).  

64mb is better.  Don't most of the P1 motherboards max out
at 64mb?  (I don't mean the theoretical max, I mean the max
that can be efficiently utilized.)
 
> PS Steven: can I send you a copy of DamnSmallLinux?  

I'd be interested in having a look.  It's too big to
download on my 33.6 modem; and, even if I did manage 
to download it, I don't have a CD burner.

> It's got a copy of "Links hacked" on it that could make a 
> nice alternate BL2 browser, as well as a Dillo version that 
> does frames and tabbed browsing!

Sounds interesting.  Do you know what version of glibc it 
uses?  I'm finding that some binaries compiled on recent 
libraries won't run on BL2/Slackware 7.1.  It's not as bad 
as the old libc5/glibc2 thing, but it's become an occasional 
problem.  I wish they'd stop changing the base libraries.  
Sure, upgrade the binaries and add new features, but fiddling 
with the libraries is a real pain.

Cheers,
Steven