proggR Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Does anyone know of a very resource friendly linux distro that I can use to get used to running virtual servers? I currently have an old PowerMac G3 B+W. Its CPU is 350Mhz and it has 300MB or so of RAM. It'd have to be small enough that I could essentially run 2 instances of it with 300 MB of RAM. Perhaps I could use DSL as the virtualized environment. I'm not sure if there is a PPC build of it but maybe the hardware could be emulated? I'm not sure, which is why I want to get used to it. In the mean time I'll keep looking for a cheap computer with better specs but if anyone knows of any distros that may work that'd be great. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162970-resource-light-linux-for-virtualization/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Take a look at Gentoo. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162970-resource-light-linux-for-virtualization/#findComment-859910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggR Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 Take a look at Gentoo. I have a PPC Gentoo build burnt somewhere around here but while I was installing it I would get so far and then I would run out of RAM. I know it can run with the amount of RAM I had but for some reason it can't install. Or if I had the extra RAM module in it would segfault part way through, I assume telling me that its damaged which is why I took it out and didn't have enough RAM. I may try it again though because I've heard good things. Its currently got XUbuntu but I find its still a little bloated to try anything on. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162970-resource-light-linux-for-virtualization/#findComment-859916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I had Gentoo running fine on a G3 of the same specs. Its dead now though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162970-resource-light-linux-for-virtualization/#findComment-859931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggR Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 I had Gentoo running fine on a G3 of the same specs. Its dead now though. Ok. I'll have to give it another try. I was using the universal disk because I don't have highspeed access where I'm located right now. I may wait until September and try installing it a different way. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/162970-resource-light-linux-for-virtualization/#findComment-859975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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