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Hello, |
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 18:05:44 -0700 Joseph wrote: |
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> I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, it would be too slow to compile anything. |
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> It is running Ubuntu 11.10 and I think I'll need to re-install lighter version of Linux on it. |
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> What are my alternatives? |
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Just use Gentoo. I have an EeePC 1000H and it runs fine. |
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Well, I replaced memory bank with 2GB one and setup my system to |
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be slightly overclocked (1700 MHz) when on AC power using SHE |
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technology (available in linux kernel). But even without memory |
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upgrade hardware is fine. |
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> I'll would like to run VPN, some browser on it and skype. |
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VPNs are lightweight packages (e.g. openvpn). Both firefox and |
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chromium are not a problem. Skype is binary only, so no difference |
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from other distributions here. |
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The only real problem with this hardware are @world updates. To |
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facilitate this process use ccache and distcc. You most likely have |
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another more powerful box (e.g. a desktop or more powerful laptop), |
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so you can setup distcc there regardless of the distribution. So |
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powerful box will compile C/C++/ObjC code for you, while EeePC will |
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handle |
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If by some chance you have another peace of very powreful |
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hardware (e.g. 2x recent Xeon) there is another approach to follow. |
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You may export root filesystem from EeePC to that host via NFS, |
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setarch and chroot to it and run all stuff from your powerful box. |
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This way the only bottleneck will be 100 Mbps network interface, |
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which is quite bearable, especially using caching (like |
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cachefilesd). |
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Yet again, all these tricks are required for @world updates only, |
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for other stuff EeePC is self sufficient box. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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