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Re: Looking for small OS
de meow2222 06/13/2006 11:21
Michael Laplante wrote:
> I'm attempting to convert an old laptop to a digital photo frame. Looking
> for a small OS and an associated slideshow program that can display JPEGs.
>
> The intent is to load the OS from a floppy, CD-ROM drive or memory stick. No
> hard drives as I don't want running parts with associated noise.
>
> PS. I have no experience with anything other than DOS and Windows so it
> should be an "os for dummies."
>
> M
If its an old laptop it may have something like a quad speed cdrom.
Some of these are just about silent. Using a cd based OS will give you
a full desktop environemt and a large number of apps, far beyond a
floppy OS. Frozentech has a list of most linux live distros, which run
straight off cd. Some of these are designed to be as close to win as
possible, and can be used effectively after an afternoon's play. If the
chosen OS likes your hardware.
How much RAM has it got? GUI linux lives dont run on 16M, command line
versions will.
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