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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @02:20PM from the stacking-them-up dept.

pcause writes "Here is a review of various lightweight Linux distros. Not sure I agree with the conclusions, since I am a PuppyLinux user, but it is a nice overview of some current options." Reviewed are: Arch 2007.08-2, Damn Small Linux 4.2.5, Puppy 4.0, TinyMe Test7-KD, Xubuntu 8.04, and Zenwalk 5.0.

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Re:2 things needed in lightweight linux (Score:3, Funny)

by Gazzonyx ( 982402 ) writes: <scott,lovenberg&gmail,com> on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @02:45PM (#23559967)

You mean, you're remaking Slackware? *ducks*

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Re:More RAM, Batman. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @03:15PM (#23560443)

LUXURY!

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Re:2 things needed in lightweight linux (Score:3, Funny)

by chunk08 ( 1229574 ) writes: on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @03:20PM (#23560489) Journal

Why are there always these offtopic references to "ducks" at the end of otherwise humorous posts?

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Re:Gentoo User (Score:3, Funny)

by chunk08 ( 1229574 ) writes: on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @03:24PM (#23560539) Journal

Did anyone else loose confidence
No, I keep mine chained to the fenceposts at all times.

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Re:2 things needed in lightweight linux (Score:4, Funny)

by rts008 ( 812749 ) writes: on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @04:29PM (#23561649) Journal

Because ducks are funny. It's like putting icing on the cake, or something.
It also encourages the continuation of funny ducks.
Where would we be without Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, or Howard the Duck?

*ducks*

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Re:Why not Debian? (Score:3, Funny)

by mrmeval ( 662166 ) writes: <.moc.oohay. .ta. .lavemcj.> on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @06:18PM (#23563203) Journal

Can it run on a Pentium 90 laptop with 32meg ram and a 340meg harddrive and be installed with only a couple floppies and wired network card?

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