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by **Vladi A** » Sat, 04 Jan 2003 09:58:08

My 9 year old son is learning C (DJGPP , WinXP). Two months - and
interest is still there.
I want to try to introduce him to Linux, to use gcc directly.
His PC: 200 mhz, 3 gb HD (full of games, obviously :)
Which slim linux would you recommend?

by **mjt** » Sat, 04 Jan 2003 10:15:50

Quote:> My 9 year old son is learning C (DJGPP , WinXP). Two months - and
> interest is still there.
> I want to try to introduce him to Linux, to use gcc directly.
> His PC: 200 mhz, 3 gb HD (full of games, obviously :)
> Which slim linux would you recommend?

... mandrake is easy to install and you can specify the type of
install you want (development, server, etc), which can keep the
size down. red hat would be a second choice.

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by **The Win** » Sat, 04 Jan 2003 10:18:40

>> My 9 year old son is learning C (DJGPP , WinXP). Two months - and
>> interest is still there.
>> I want to try to introduce him to Linux, to use gcc directly.
>> His PC: 200 mhz, 3 gb HD (full of games, obviously :)
>> Which slim linux would you recommend?

> ... mandrake is easy to install and you can specify the type of
> install you want (development, server, etc), which can keep the
> size down. red hat would be a second choice.

I installed mandrake with devolopment (gcc, ...) on an old box, and only
took something like 750 mb ... So you still have 2 gb 250 mb over on the 3
gb disk ... ;-)

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by **Lloyd Sumpte** » Sun, 05 Jan 2003 01:30:55

>>> My 9 year old son is learning C (DJGPP , WinXP). Two months - and
>>> interest is still there.
>>> I want to try to introduce him to Linux, to use gcc directly. His PC:
>>> 200 mhz, 3 gb HD (full of games, obviously :) Which slim linux would
>>> you recommend?

>> ... mandrake is easy to install and you can specify the type of install
>> you want (development, server, etc), which can keep the size down. red
>> hat would be a second choice.

> I installed mandrake with devolopment (gcc, ...) on an old box, and only
> took something like 750 mb ... So you still have 2 gb 250 mb over on the
> 3 gb disk ... ;-)

Had to chuckle when he referred to a 200MHz with 3Gb as "small"...

I'm running a Mandrake install with full gcc development on a 100MHz
Pentium I with 32Mb RAM and 1GB drive. Without the office apps (300Mb
worth), I'm using about 500Mb of the disk.

If you REALLY want to get small, I've done Slackware installations
with full gcc in about 100Mb.

Lloyd Sumpter

by **Davi** » Sun, 05 Jan 2003 02:31:51

> My 9 year old son is learning C (DJGPP , WinXP). Two months - and
> interest is still there.
> I want to try to introduce him to Linux, to use gcc directly.
> His PC: 200 mhz, 3 gb HD (full of games, obviously :)
> Which slim linux would you recommend?

If you want to introduce him to Linux you might try "KNOPPIX"
which will run from CD then if he likes it you can install linux
on his system. If he doesn't like it then all you have to do is
take the CD out and reboot the system.

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by **Frank Thiem** » Sun, 05 Jan 2003 03:42:52

On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 01:58:08 +0100

> My 9 year old son is learning C (DJGPP , WinXP). Two months - and
> interest is still there.
> I want to try to introduce him to Linux, to use gcc directly.
> His PC: 200 mhz, 3 gb HD (full of games, obviously :)
> Which slim linux would you recommend?

mmh, that about small - I have installed vectorlinux on my P75 750MB
notebook...

Bye..Frank

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