Ubuntu Minimal RAM
1 The Basesystem
Get Ubuntu CD-ROM see
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
After inserting the CD-ROM into the drive, boot and when asked to press Enter, type custom before. (Not linux custom!)
Hint for Hoary; In the Hoary installer there is no 'custom' install option. It appears they've replaced it with 'server' which is a minimum install.
The result will be a minimal-system with less than 300 MB on the HD and only a textprompt (no GUI).
2 Postinstall the GUI
I did it in the following order, but probably the order is not important:
$ sudo su - This puts you into a root-shell (#), so no more sudo is necesary.
# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
(If you are not familiar with vi you can use nano or any other texteditor instead.)
Enable the universe-repository by removing the Hashmarks (=# (2 times))
# apt-get update
# apt-get install icewm
# apt-get install xserver-xfree86
# apt-get install x-window-system-core
# apt-get install xdm
# apt-get install numlockx
# apt-get install xterm
The result is a system with X and iceWM as windowmanager. You log in as user and on the prompt:
$ startx
starts the GUI. (After the first reboot, xdm autostarts and puts you directly into the GUI-mode)
So far this system needs 468 MB on your harddrive.
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From Frank Martelli [frank at foodsavvy dot com]: Just a note when dealing with the ppc version of Ubuntu -- for some
reason, icewm (silently) requires /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3. A very frustrating bug, as X starts lets you login and then (without any errors)
returns to the login screen.
Solution:
ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
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3 Basic Applications
We consider a Mailreader, Webbrowser, PDF-Reader and Officesuite as basic:
PDF-Reader
# apt-get install acroread
This adds 26 MB to the harddrive (compared to 3,2 MB of gPDF, but gPDF laks crucial features like search and copy of text.)
Mozilla
We include Flashplayer and Acrobat-Plugin for optimal compatibility with todays [url]WWW.[/url] (The plugins only need 2,5 MB)
# apt-get install mozilla flashplayer-mozilla acroread-plugin
Fills up the harddrive to 555MB
Officesuite
At the date of writing this Howto you have two options. Choose one of them (either-or, not both!). This will probably change constantly, as OpenOffice envolves - but the principle will stay the same (just the versions will change).
Either: Install OpenOffice 1.1.2 from apt-repository
# apt-get install openoffice.org
This installs Openoffice 1.1.2
lo siento, no lo tengo traducido de momento...
