[ltp] Lightening Debian

[jeff]

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 11:25, Brian D. Ropers-Huilman wrote:
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> While folks on the list may well flame me for years, ...
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> I would also suggest a Gentoo installation specifically because you can
> fully fine-tune what you want installed and what you don't want. This saves
> precious disk and RAM space and also meets your educational goal of
> teaching yourself "some stuff."  :)
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Not flaming, but wouldn't that be time consuming on a 550MHz machine with 
minimal RAM?  Or is there a faster install option for Gentoo now?

I agree with the idea of having a customized "only what is wanted" 
installation once it finishes compiling. But starting with something like 
Damn Small Linux (or similar) would give almost the same effect but would be 
a lot quicker to install. And if optimised code is desired, apt-build will 
take care of that for you.

Jeff