[geeks] UNIX-like OS for a laptop

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> I have an old laptop on which I'd like to install something in the UNIX
>> constellation.  Solaris, one of the BSDs, some Linux distro, I don't much
>> care.  That is, I don't much care as long as it supports the Cardbus network
>> cards I have: a D-Link DWL-G630 WiFi card and a D-Link DFE-690TXD Ethernet
>> card.
>>
>> Other potential issues ... it's a Taiwanese no-name laptop, P-III 600 or
>> something, and will only take 128 MB of RAM.
>>
>> I don't care about having a high-zoot GUI; command line is fine, though it
>> ought to have an X Windows client.
> 
> Damn Small Linux - http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ - but I'm not sure how your 
> D-Link cards would be supported. It should work fine with 128 Meg RAM.

I use NetBSD on machines more than an order of magnitude smaller than 
that laptop without trouble.

Peace...  Sridhar