A "green" distro of Ubuntu?

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2011/7/2 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>:
> 2011/7/2 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>:
>> 2011/7/2 Richard Owlett <rowlett at pcnetinc.com>:
>>> Though Kermit might disagree, the subject line is ONLY slightly "tongue in
>>> cheek".
>>>
>>> I'm a Windows(tm) user tired of *BLOAT* who remembers vacuum tubes and
>>> 026's. An internet acquaintance knowing my needs and perspectives pointed me
>>> to Ubuntu as an appropriate version of Linux. I downloaded the .iso of a
>>> 'live cd' (10.?) which I found "bloated". The user experience was ok, though
>>> I'm not sure if the good features I saw were Ubuntu specific or due to
>>> Debian heritage.
>>>
>>> A *major constraint* is I'm restricted to dial-up access. I understand that
>>> connectivity using a USB modem will have it's issues, but that is one time
>>> problem. I have very limited access to a wide-band connection at another
>>> location with my laptop.
>>>
>>> The desired distro shall only have:
>>> kernel
>>> GUI
>>> minimal browser
>>> simple text editor {notepad suffices for >90% of my needs}
>>
>> Isn't Gedit simple enough…?
>>
>>> what's required to download/update apps
>>> the *minimum* of other software to make an operable system
>>>
>>> The result should be significantly smaller than Win 3.1 {most of which I
>>> never used)
>>
>> I would suggest Puppy Linux. It's small and it's fast, since the whole
>> operating system is loaded to RAM. The ISO file (version 5.2.5) is
>> 127.8 MiB (133.9·10⁶ bytes). Is that small enough?
>> I haven't tried it since a year ago or maybe two, but I remember that
>> it was very fast back then. Hopefully the new version is fast enough.
>
> Sorry, I forgot to include the link:
> http://puppylinux.org/main/Download%20Latest%20Release.htm

And this ws interesting reading too:
http://puppylinux.org/main/How%20NOT%20to%20install%20Puppy.htm

>> Kind regards
>>
>> Johnny Rosenberg
>> ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
>>
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