Bootable Linux cd for low-end hardware

[rickenbacherus]

Have 32M ram and a cdrom drive? Then you too can have a live Linux cd including X windows. Have a look at MuLinux

[turbinater]

Try Morphix Light

[Enmity]

Damn Small Linux
Flonix
Feather Linux

<50MB
All fit on biz card
DSL is about productivity, so is Feather but IMO DSL owns feather hard.
Flonix has EVERYTHING, I have no freaking idea how all the stuff gets crammed in 50MB.

Slackware-Live

Slightly over 200MB, fits on 8cm mini disc. Basically it's flonix looking better
As the name implies, this one is not based off Knoppix but slackware

Puppy

Based off Debian directly, not Knoppix. Comes in many flavours like USB card, live and HD version.

[oldgeezer]

Nice selection, guys - thanks! I have DSL already - needs a little tidying esp. the opening interface, as the author acknowledges, but quite useful.
I have always believed that these basic distros have a much more important place in the grand scheme of switching from you-know-who than they are given credit for. Lots of folk have old kit hiding under the bed that they'd be prepared to try with Linux, but would NOT be prepared to start up on their work-a-day PC (misguidedly, of course, in the case of LIVE CDs).
As such, very worthwhile projects would be to release and promote such versions on a much wider scale. They deserve far more attention from the heavyweight coders like Hr Dr K and his followers. Cut out the server stuff and the unnecessary options and concentrate on accurate HW detection, an office package, web and email connection, photoediting - that covers 90% of all PC users. There has always been a serious communication problem between regular PC users and IT professionals. That is why WG made his fortune. Now, there is a huge wide-open window (sorry about the pun) of opportunity for Tux. Blasting the IT pros out of their ivory towers and have them talk in plain language to regular folk is the big challenge it has always been.
OG.

[spydie]

Wow, you can install Flonix onto a USB flash drive.
It's interesting how so much can be done with linux.

As a newbie to linux I'm finding Linux very impressive.

I had no idea you could have such a small OS and that they could be so useful.
Funny how the M$ OS just keep getting bigger and bigger.
Bigger is not alway's better