[Down8]

I know, I know, this is a Windows forum, but I strive to be a jack-of-all-trades.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a particular distribution of the various Linux/BSDs that would be good to put on my old 486, so I can learn some Unix. I've tried Stormix, Mandrake, and am currently [as I type] trying to get FreeBSD 4.1.1 on to it, but I've had many problems, not the least of which is the limited [515MB] drive space. I think FreeBSd broke my CDROM, or it's time was just up.

I'd prefer a BSD based distro, as those seems to have less bloat, but anything that will fit would be fine.

-bZj

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=====ThugBox=====                 =====GimpBox=====
Home built system:                Just for fun:
Soyo SY-7VCA Mainboard            AST Bravo LC 4/66d
[VIA ApolloPro 133A T82C694X]     Intel 486/66MHz CPU
[onboard sound]                   40MB RAM [2x16, 2x4]
PIII 500E [100FSB flip chip]      515MB Conner Hdd
PNY 128MB PC100 RAM               3 1/2, 5 1/4, 2x CDROM
OEM 128MB PC133 RAM               3com Etherlink II [Ext.Transcvr]
Stealth III S540 Video            ESS Audiodrive
Adaptec 2940U SCSI [coming soon]  FreeBSD 4.1.1
LinkSys NC100v2 Ethernet          [if I can get it installed]
Quantum Fireball 10.3GB Hdd       
HP A4331D 20" Monitor @ 1280      
Logitec MouseMan [Compaq]         
Win2K Server [v5.00.2195, SP-1] >  [url=http://down8.dhs.org]http://down8.dhs.org[/url] 
[format => clean install]          [email]brian@infinitejones.com[/email] 
Norton AntiVirus 2000             
Covad 768kbps sDSL w/3com switch & Flowpoint Router [sharedx6]

[nagual]

u can actually get most dists to be a lot smaller than 512 megs...id recommend http://www.debian.org
u can dump most of the programs of the other dists..what u need initially is a nic and a texteditor (vi or emacs recommended)
dont bother with x..itll bloat ur install and uses a lotta recourses


[This message has been edited by nagual (edited 04 October 2000).]