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Lightweight OS for my old hardware

January 18th, 2007 by LinuxChick

Ok as promised here is my run-down of Linux distros that I have tried to run on my PIII 600mhz/128mb laptop.

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Ah! My favorite Linux topic, seeing as all my machines are old as dirt, finding a distro that runs well is always nice. I gotta say,  that is one of the main reasons I love Linux, the right distribution can resurrect your favorite old box. I need to add a few of my favorites to his list: Slackware 10.2, Arch LInux and PcLinuxOS (using fluxbox or xfce as window managers and my latest install, Zenwalk. Zenwalk has been quite impressive.

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Linux Standard Base plans cross-format package API

January 18th, 2007 by Baldy

For independent software vendors (ISV), one of the major problems in supporting GNU/Linux is the variety of package management systems. However, if the Free Standards Group has its way, the next version of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) will solve…

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