Ubuntu on ICE

[Lindsay]

A mini-Ubuntu will be good.   While your waiting for it to be developed,
have a look at Damn Small Linux.
www.damnsmalllinux.org

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 17:40 +0100, Baza wrote:
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> On 10/4/05 3:42 am, "Colin McDermott" <colmcd at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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> > Dear ubuntu list
> > 
> > I am thinking of creating a low end distribution of ubuntu espeshilly
> > for using low end pentium 2's. Sure there is bino's guide. But I plan on
> > making a proper iso and do a proper desktop via Icewm and Idesk (though
> > dfm was really tempting). I also plan to taylor it for people who are
> > new to linux so thereby I will try to minimise the learning curve to the
> > users.
> >
> 
> If you go for this I know a number of people who would welcome it. I work
> for a group that takes donated computers, mostly PII's with 3 gig HD 64meg
> ram, refurbishes them and makes them available for people who could not
> otherwise afford a computer.
> 
> We have been looking into using Linux as the installed OS, because of the
> Microsoft license problem, and the good, 'free' software users can get.
> What's been holding us back is the problem of getting a usable Linux install
> on such low-end pc's.
> 
> Baza
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