Linked by Michael Katsevman on Thu 6th Nov 2003 19:33 UTC
Debian is widely considered the Linux distribution with the best package management tool, APT and one of the largest software bases (>13,000). However, the installation horror stories kept me away. Nevertheless, eager to try it out, I failed to install various other Debian GNU/Linux based distributions. Some failed to boot even after I tried to reinstall for the fourth time, and others just couldn't detect my hardware. While Knoppix is highly recommended, I decided to stick with hard-drive based distros (Although it is the distribution of choice for LiveCDs). Then came Libranet.
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"I proceeded to my test machine; running Windows XP sprawled over the full capacity of the 80 GB drive...Partition Magic quickly and painlessly created a 256 MB Swap partition, using the good ol? RAM x 2 rule of thumb, and a 25 GB ext3 partition."
Is (has) this guy (been) running WindowsXP on a machine with 128 MB RAM? He's braver than I thought...