need advice to choose which linux .. . install USB camera to a limited HD of
3.2 G space
I willuse a 370 socket with 400-500 mhz and 3.2 G HD space to install a
linux
system. can you suggest which linux will able occupy less space as well as
a function picture taking from a small USB camera.


thanks in advance.

"fixpc" <wefixpc@noemail.com> writes:

>need advice to choose which linux .. . install USB camera to a limited HD of
>3.2 G space
>I willuse a 370 socket with 400-500 mhz and 3.2 G HD space to install a
>linux
>system. can you suggest which linux will able occupy less space as well as
>a function picture taking from a small USB camera.

All of the single CD live CD versions (Knopix, MandrivaOne,...) will fit
into that space. If you have enough memory, even swap is not strictly
needed ( although if you ever do run out of memory, it will lead to crash).
(If you run out of memory plus swap that also leads to a crash, but at lest
there the computer will have slowed to such a crawl that you have plenty of
time to stop the memory rampage.)

"fixpc" (wefixpc@noemail.com) writes:
> need advice to choose which linux .. . install USB camera to a limited HD of
> 3.2 G space
> I willuse a 370 socket with 400-500 mhz and 3.2 G HD space to install a
> linux
> system. can you suggest which linux will able occupy less space as well as
> a function picture taking from a small USB camera.
>
>
> thanks in advance.
>
Since I found your question first elsewhere, the obvious answer is
Slackware.

If you really have to post to more than one newsgroup, you don't do
it by posting to each one individually. You cross-post, ie posting
to those newsgroups with all of them in the newsgroup header.

But before you cross-post, and before you multiple post (like you did)
you figure out the most appropriate newsgroup and post there, rather
than spewing across a bunch of newsgroups.

So for a question like this, you find the most general Linux newsgroup,
and ask there.

And that would be comp.os.linux.misc and I suspect when I check
there next I will find another one of your posts with the very same
question.

Michael

et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black) writes:

>"fixpc" (wefixpc@noemail.com) writes:
>> need advice to choose which linux .. . install USB camera to a limited HD of
>> 3.2 G space
>> I willuse a 370 socket with 400-500 mhz and 3.2 G HD space to install a
>> linux
>> system. can you suggest which linux will able occupy less space as well as
>> a function picture taking from a small USB camera.
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>>
>Since I found your question first elsewhere, the obvious answer is
>Slackware.

>If you really have to post to more than one newsgroup, you don't do
>it by posting to each one individually. You cross-post, ie posting
>to those newsgroups with all of them in the newsgroup header.

>But before you cross-post, and before you multiple post (like you did)
>you figure out the most appropriate newsgroup and post there, rather
>than spewing across a bunch of newsgroups.

cross posting is fine. It is not always obvious which is the best group to
post to. For example you say SUSE, I say a single boot disk like Knopix or
MandrivaOne. Others say other things, and each will probably see him in a
different group.

However, I agree that what you call multi posting is not helpful


>So for a question like this, you find the most general Linux newsgroup,
>and ask there.

>And that would be comp.os.linux.misc and I suspect when I check
>there next I will find another one of your posts with the very same
>question.

> Michael