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A default install of Slackware from a 2.4Gb .iso will give you a similar environment that is reasonably functional on an X200 similar to the OAs. I actually use

A default install of Slackware from a 2.4Gb .iso will give you a similar environment that is reasonably functional on an X200 similar to the OAs. I actually use an X220 which is slightly more powerful but same ballpark. x4 inflation over 20 years?

badsectoracula 8y ago
Slackware is the closest i know of, but only because there isn't anything better. Beyond that it isn't really comparable since Slackware is just a collection of software thrown in together and it has a ton of redundant software, a large part of which is "bloated". The reason i mentioned to try out COL was that it provided an integrated system (it is probably the only time i used a Linux system where things felt like they were meant to work with each other - and kinda sad that this was on the first distro i ever used) with little redundant functionality (beyond practical matters - it has both KDE's web browser - not called Konqueror yet at the time - and Netscape since in 1999 the latter was pretty much needed for browsing the web on Linux) yet with a lot of functionality provided in a small footprint. The full install is a little above 900MB - in comparison Slackware's full (and only supported) install is a bit above 9GB (so it is more of a 10x inflation :-P) with a couple different desktop environments, a ton of window managers and a bunch of duplicated things. But as i wrote, Slackware is the closest which is why i have an ISO of the latest DVD available on my external HDD to throw in a VM whenever i want to try something on Linux. Also (and this is only tangentially related) i like that it still provides "full" distribution media (in comparison Debian has become so overloaded with packages that to download installation media for archival/offline use you need to build them manually yourself and even then it is several blu-ray disks). FWIW i do not think it is impossible to make something similar, but it would require a lot of work, especially on the desktop environment front.
jonhohle 8y ago
Hey, that's only 7% per year!

badsectoracula 8y ago

Slackware is the closest i know of, but only because there isn't anything better. Beyond that it isn't really comparable since Slackware is just a collection of software thrown in together and it has a ton of redundant software, a large part of which is "bloated". The reason i mentioned to try out COL was that it provided an integrated system (it is probably the only time i used a Linux system where things felt like they were meant to work with each other - and kinda sad that this was on the first distro i ever used) with little redundant functionality (beyond practical matters - it has both KDE's web browser - not called Konqueror yet at the time - and Netscape since in 1999 the latter was pretty much needed for browsing the web on Linux) yet with a lot of functionality provided in a small footprint. The full install is a little above 900MB - in comparison Slackware's full (and only supported) install is a bit above 9GB (so it is more of a 10x inflation :-P) with a couple different desktop environments, a ton of window managers and a bunch of duplicated things. But as i wrote, Slackware is the closest which is why i have an ISO of the latest DVD available on my external HDD to throw in a VM whenever i want to try something on Linux. Also (and this is only tangentially related) i like that it still provides "full" distribution media (in comparison Debian has become so overloaded with packages that to download installation media for archival/offline use you need to build them manually yourself and even then it is several blu-ray disks). FWIW i do not think it is impossible to make something similar, but it would require a lot of work, especially on the desktop environment front.

jonhohle 8y ago

Hey, that's only 7% per year!