On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 06:29:55PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Any recommendations for a small, compact version of X (limited features OK) > for an old Thinkpad 240X -- max RAM 192MB (design limit. won't take more. > tried.), 500MHz P3, 800x600 screen--to install Squeeze on? I'm running Etch > and XFCE on it currently. Want to see if I can install a supported version > of Debian with a small window manager without the bloat of a full size X. > I seem to recall that, in the past at least, Damn Small Linux did not use Xorg. A quick search tells me it might be Xvesa or Xfbdev, but you'll need to check for yourself to be sure.
I recall trying to use Damn Small Linux to connect to a remote system with this command: X -query myremoteserver It did not work, which is how I discovered that it wasn't using the X server that I was used to on other Linux distros. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120705151144.gb3...@aurora.owens.net
