THE BEST LIL LINUX DISTRO YOU HAVE EVER USED :>) GENERAL OVERVIEW
VECTORLINUX was created to give the Linux community a
nice base system to build or homebrew there own Linux system based
on each individuals needs and wants in an operating system. I decided to
undertake this after many installs of our favorite major distro's offerings
and ending up with a least 500 megabytes worth of software most of which
I rarely needed. So I decided to build a system from scratch that included
all the basic functionality that one would need in an operating system.
The unique thing about VECTORLINUX is that thru the use of a program called
midnight commander it is possible to install any package that is available
from the major distributions i.e. Redhat, Debian, Slackware, Stampede,
and all of the Redhat clones out there. The only restriction is that the
packages have to be based on glibc6 2.0 or above. Package dependencies
are up to the user to find an install. Well, thats about all..... so install
it, play with it, and most of all have fun with it
FEATURES OF VECTORLINUX
Small in size yet a complete development Xwindow
system
Fairly easy install with only two files to download
Uses the combination of Icewm and Dfm for the
X desktop enviroment
Has gcc and g++` built in for compiling your favorite
applications
Contains an email client, filemanger, Xmms, Netscape
4.7, lynx, Xv, and a host of other applications
Linux kernel 2.2.17 and glibc6-2.1.3
GTK and glib 1.2.7 Imlib 1.98 etc
Icq client as well as irc client (Xchat 1.40)
Most of the apps are based on only one library
GTK (keep space at a minimum)
Full install only requires 175 megs of disk space
DOWNLOAD and INSTALL instructions
Download the install file (about 4 megs) veclinux.zip
Download the file system (about 60 megs) veclinux.bz2
Unzip veclinux.zip to the C:\ partition
Move veclinux.bz2 to the veclinux directory that was created from the above operation.
Read the install.txt file and print it if possible
(part of the zip archive)
Make sure you have free HD space (300 megs) to make
linux and swap partitions
Go to dos mode change into the veclinux directory and
run ram.bat
Follow the onscreen instructions and install VectorLinux
Thats all folks................. have fun................
Email questions, flames, and
or praise to:vec7@email.com
