A "green" distro of Ubuntu?

Richard Owlett rowlett at pcnetinc.com
Sat Jul 2 20:59:16 UTC 2011


Avi wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> Have you tried DSL (DamnSmallLinux)?
>>> See http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
>>> and scroll down for download sites.
>>
>> Yes, not to its benefit
>>    1. 2nd link yields 404 error without "contact us" link to
>>       report problem
>>    2. searching out correct link yields .iso of ~50MB
>
> This is partly why I do wish people wouldn't just link directly to the
> download page.
>
> The point of DSL is to be a 50MB linux distro. If your definition of
> 'small' is smaller than that, it wont suffice.
>
> What size are you looking for?
>

IIRC Win 3.1 was < 15 MB and I consider it "bloated"







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