Paul L. Snyder on 12 Jan 2005 21:42:58 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] mini Linux


Quoting rekaye1005@earthlink.net:

> I have a old IBM PC, 64Mb ram.
> Being frugal, and trying to squeeze the last bit of functionality out of
> everything,
> does anyone have a suggestion for a (mini?) version of Linux that would
> function with this spec?

I have a friend who swears by IPCop - http://www.ipcop.org/ - and I've
been meaning to check it out.  It looks like it might fit your bill, as
it claims to run on "rescued" PCs.

> I would set it up as an ISP dialup device, with a basic firewall using
> iptables.
>  
> Would it be asking too much to have a tiny little gui?

Looks like it has a web-based admin console.

pls





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