[ale] looking for a very lightweight distro

[Larry Johnson]

Debian derived distributions would be my first general choice for your
particular issue, but up front I'd  look at specialized distros, and DSL
would be my first choice for investigation.

Larry

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:25 AM, jrtroberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am looking for a very lightweight distro, something to run on a P2 era
> computer maybe a bit earlier, It only needs to function as a router.  So
> I need to use IP Tables to route between maybe two - five networks, My
> sisters lan/internet connection in her APT and my father's backup
> server(on a separate VLAN) in the house proper.  I am hoping that my
> father has an old box that has room for 2 nic cards.  That seems to be
> the cheapest route at the moment.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joshua
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