Re: [orca-list] Minimal Linux Version

[Jace Kattalakis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

Going off of the CLI only idea, would something like a very lightweight 
WM and apps work?

I've a minimal Arch install, so not Debian but IIRC it's around 
300-500MB, so about twice the size you're after. However that's due to 
me installing a WM and accessibility stuff on my install because I 
simply can't do everything I need from CLI.

However...would a flash drive work, even a 1GB one if this minimal 
distro was installed on it? I'm struggling to think of much that'll get 
under the 250mb limit without going all the way down to stuff like 
TinyCore or going ultra, ultra lean. I don't hav the Arch numbers to 
hand on what a minimal install is with alsa-utils/espeakup and nothing 
else added on comes out to vs a minimal Debian install however, but I'm 
also not sure on how best to pare Debian down to get where you want it to be

On 12/17/21 20:15, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> It will make it unattractive to users in here, but what would use of xfce
> as default desktop or entirely removing the g.u.i. environment do to the
> size of the distribution in this form?  It may be when users want to go
> into that small a linux footprint, command line interface may be
> mandatory.
> A long time ago, zipslack was available and it could be installed on a
> series of floppy disks and used 100Mb of disk space once installed.  That
> probably got discontinued by now since its slackware version if memory
> serves the last time I had contact with it was something in the 9.0 10.0
> range.
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2021, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
>
> > Yes, but would not fit in 250 mb at all.
> >
> > Didier
> >
> > Le 17/12/2021 ? 17:57, Jude DaShiell a ?crit :
> > > slint has a 32-bit version available.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021, John G. Heim via orca-list wrote:
> > >
> > > > If it was me, I'd try a "manual" install of debian. Run through the steps to
> > > > install Debian by typing them in yourself. There a about eleventy gazillion
> > > > web pages out there on how to do this but the main steps are:
> > > > 1. Partition the drive
> > > > 2. Mount the root partition and run debootstrap on it
> > > > 3. chroot into the place you mounted the root partition
> > > > 4. Install a kernel
> > > > 5 Install/configure grub
> > > > 6. Create certain essential files like /etc/fstab, /etc/resolv.conf and
> > > > others.
> > > >
> > > > You'll have to google for more details. This will leave you with an absolutely
> > > > minimalist Debian install. It won't even have locate or finger. I am going to
> > > > WAG it at 200Mb. It *might* fit into 250Mb.
> > > >
> > > > On 12/16/21 21:52, K0LNY wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I'm working on an old computer for the Ham shack, and I found an iomega zip
> > > > > drive with a 250 mb disk.
> > > > > I was wondering if anyone knows of a minimal Linux, preferably Debian based,
> > > > > that would fit on that 250 zip drive, and I could install Speakup or Orca
> > > > > onto it.
> > > > > I was looking at Puppy Linux, but there are so many of those to choose from.
> > > > > I don't know if a server version would fit on 250 mb.
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > Glenn
> > > > >
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