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Knoppix on a netbook [closed]
I am considering Knoppix for my netbook (Acer Aspire One 522). Does it work well in a netbook? First i want to try it in live mode and later install the same.
I believe it will have all the drivers ...
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Lightweight Linux on Hewlett-Packard 2133 Mini-Note - Recommendations?
I've got an HP 2133 Mini-Note with a small (40 GB) IBM SSD installed. I'd like to use the machine as a fast, ultra-portable bare-bones word processor, and I'm tired of the relative "heaviness" of Win7 ...
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Running a program on boot from cd
Can anyone tell me how to create a cd which when booted from will automatically run a script I choose? I am trying to read the contents of the RAM before the system entirely boots so it must be ...
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How to automatically show USB camera or memory stick contents in Icewm?
I normally use a very lightweight Linux setup. No desktop like Gnome or KDE, just Icewm as the windows manager and nothing else that normal users might consider essential. Well, I do need a file ...
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lightweight OS for very old laptop
Just got a very old ~10 year used, Toshiba Satellite. I was wondering (since I really do not like Windows ME) if anyone had some VERY lightweight OS's I could take a look at.
Damn Small Linux isn't ...
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Linux: lightweight pdf reader which can bookmark where I left off reading?
I am using Arch Linux on a notebook, which has a 4GB SSD drive. so I have to save disk space/storage by any possible means.
Reading technological PDFs are really painful when you have to memorize ...
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Very light Linux distribution without a GUI?
I need a basic Linux box with console and GCC/g++ (and other GNU utils) only to compile and test my program (live CD?). I would like to install/launch it using VirtualBox from Windows XP on my desktop ...
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What are some Linux lightweight PDF alternatives that support tabs?
Adobe Reader is the best, but it's so resource heavy. It takes almost 10% of my 8GB ram.
Evince has trouble with highlighting text and does not support tabs.
Foxit Reader for Linux does not support ...
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Ultra-lightweight web browser?
Are there any good super-lightweight graphical web browsers out there? I'd like to be able to browse the web on an old PC, but the mainstream crop of browsers is just too heavy, and I don't want to ...
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MS-Office 2000, XP or 2003. Which one is more light-weighted for legacy hardware?
Hardware is a laptop with first generation Athlon 1400, 128MB, very slow 30GB HDD. Windows XP is running barrely smooth with some tunning.
MS-Office is the only option and the three options in ...
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Looking for a lightweight laptop thats under 2 KG
I'm looking for a lightweight laptop (under 2 KG or preferable 1.5 KG) thats not too hard on the pocket. I was thinking of a Sony VAIO but I wanted to know if I have any better and/or cheaper options.
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