[NTLUG:Discuss] new distro

[Jerome Haltom]

Older motherboards such as? I'd like some examples. As far as I was
aware, dropping old hardware was not something new versions of kernels
did, unless nobody was maintaining it.

On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 19:35 -0500, Mike Stute wrote:
> The 2.6 kernel is a bad idea for older hardware.  You want the 2.4 
> kernel which supports the older motherboards that were dropped in the 
> newer kernel.
> 
> The DeLi (Desktop Light) disto is already out there is a great choice.
> 
> http://delili.lens.hl-users.com/
> 
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> Jerome Haltom wrote:
> > So, give me the reasons why Ubuntu or another project doesn't already do
> > this, or at least provide an existing platform for improvement?
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 15:24 -0500, Patrick P wrote:
> >   
> >> I am working on a project to create a lightweight Linux workstation distro for older hardware, mainly PII and PIII machines. The goal is a functional desktop with easy installation and configuration. This is not a LiveCD like damn small linux but a complete installation distro which uses IceWM for the window manager. We could use a little help with testing and a few details if anyone has time or wants to.
> >>  Deb-Ice is a customized Debian distribution uses apt for package management and the 2.6 kernel. Deb-Ice simplifys the process of installing Debian on an older machine. Currently we just have an installer which uses the Debian repositories. Once we get to 
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