Re: [coLinux-users] Instant colinux

[Thomas S. <ste...@gm...>]

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Dave Coventry <dgc...@gm...> wrote:
> Both these applications use Ubuntu and while Ubuntu is a great distro,
> there are certainly a number of distros which are a lot lighter and
> which run better on older machines.

As a big fan of Ubuntu I would like to mention the lightweight variety
Xubuntu. It needs just 128MB of RAM, and works well even on older
machines, especially if you go for the 8.04 LTS version. 9.04 has some
improvements, but is not quite as light. Changing an Ubuntu
installation into Xubuntu is a very simple process.

> I was
> wondering how easy it would be to have a small linux distro like slax
> that could be run off a USB key without installing.

That would be quite nice indeed.

Regards,
Thomas