Linux Distro for 4GB Pen drive:Suggestions

[Cool G5]

Recently bought a 4GB Kingston Data traveller Pen drive.I was thinking of installing Linux on it.So which distro should be used?I will be using it for surfing the net & listening to songs.

 

[Kniwor]

what's better than SLAX?

 

[gxsaurav]

Slax has problem such as outdated modules.

If you want to use it as your own portable OS then either go for PC Linux OS MiniMe or Dream Linux.

I m using PCLinux OS MiniMe on my External HD. It boots from the HD & takes about 2 GB of harddisk space with swap partition included. With latest packages installed Via synaptic it is a total of 2.5 GB HD space.

Or you can use Zenwalk Core & install only those packages which u require keeping the size small.

 

[Kniwor]

now wouldn't it be wise to suggest something that take 100-200 Mb for Pendrive......

 

[gxsaurav]

PCLinux OS MiniMe installes in 500 MB.

Zenwalk core is 230 MB + Packages.

 

[vish786]

i would suggest not to install any operating system on pen drive.

and look saurav is using hdd not pen drive.

 

[Cool G5]

i would suggest not to install any operating system on pen drive.

and look saurav is using hdd not pen drive.

Why?

 

[vish786]

Why?

here is the reason...
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64024

 

[praka123]

it is expected that some pendrive's life gets reduced by using linux distros?due to freq read/write

 

[vish786]

it is expected that some pendrive's life gets reduced by using linux distros?due to freq read/write

i dint exactly mean only linux OS... any software will also do that... which does simultaneous read and write operation alternatively.

 

[Cool G5]

^Is it ok to use portable apps which are optimised for pen drive?

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^ any app which does freq read and write ops is detrimental to the flash drive's life.