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Linux On Libretto

This document provides recommendations for installing lightweight Linux distributions on an old Toshiba Libretto 70CT mini laptop. It recommends distributions like Puppy Linux, DSL, FreeBSD, ZipSlack, and Vector Linux. It also provides specific tips for optimizing a FreeBSD install, such as recompiling the kernel without unnecessary modules, using a lightweight window manager like XFCE, and setting up another machine to compile ports to save time on the weak CPU. Links are included for a 44-pin IDE to compact flash adapter and installing Spotify in Puppy Linux via Wine.

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Linux On Libretto

This document provides recommendations for installing lightweight Linux distributions on an old Toshiba Libretto 70CT mini laptop. It recommends distributions like Puppy Linux, DSL, FreeBSD, ZipSlack, and Vector Linux. It also provides specific tips for optimizing a FreeBSD install, such as recompiling the kernel without unnecessary modules, using a lightweight window manager like XFCE, and setting up another machine to compile ports to save time on the weak CPU. Links are included for a 44-pin IDE to compact flash adapter and installing Spotify in Puppy Linux via Wine.

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Re: What distro will work in a Toshiba Libretto 70CT?

I found this thread trying to find more information on 70CT hardware hacking and wifi drivers, thus I expect others find it as well. On topic - this old minilap top is just too low spec to handle ubuntu, plain and simple. It does not even ha ve PCI, the video card is a chips & tech 65555 1MB VLB card, the internal hard d rive controller is not even DMA, it is on the ISA bus as is everything except vi deo. And even that, the system can only be upgraded to 32MB ram total, and the C PU is an intel Pentium 166 or 200 MMX underclocked to 120Mhz. The only real options are the extreme low end linuxes, here is a list for anyone else wanting to know of good distros to try on their little libretto 70CT or si milar. Puppy Linux DSL DSL-N FreeBSD (and the other BSDs, not including FreeSBIE and PCBSD, they are way too heavy) ZipSlack (outdated, meant to fit on and run on a ZIP100MB disc) Vector Linux I myself am a fangirl of FreeBSD so I run that on my 70CT. It is very much a do it yourself *nix OS... which means if you do it yourself (and can learn how as y ou go) you can make a very lean, mean install. A few hints if you decide to go f BSD route: 1) recompile kernel without any modules you won't need. no AGP no PCI no USB in the CT70, no SCSI cards so you can nix most of those, same with almost all the n etwork drivers... google and find out what all you can nick out of that. 2) install a very light windowmanager, never ever use KDE, the heaviest WM you s hould use on the little 70CT is XFCE. there are much lighter ones you can try, a gain google for them. 3) buildworld and buildkernel *WILL* take a long time, be ready to just set the thing down for a few days (almost a week) and let it do its thing while you do o ther stuff. this will also be a very, very good way to make sure the hardware is good - a kernel compile will definitely bomb out if your hardware is in any way marginal, especially on such old hardware. 4) http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org/index.php/...ng_FreeBSD_6.2 use this as a guide for how to install. 5) at the above link, there is a tutorial on how to set up another machine to co mpile ports for this machine to fetch instead of you compiling all things local on the little P120MMX CPU. it will save an absolute ton of time, and look up som e optimizations while you are at it, that will help a lot on such a low stat sys tem. jaqie is offline 44 pin ide to compact flash adapter: http://pcengines.ch/cf2g.htm

spotify on puppy linux: Spotify is a great program which allows users access to a huge amount of music f or free and its easy to install in puppy linux. Firstly install wine: http://puppylinux.asia/members/T/486_pet/wine-1.1.19-i486. pet (http://es.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet_wine/downloads/Slackware%20Packages/1.1 .19/wine-1.1.19-i486-1kjz.md5/)

Secondly create a Spotify account and download the windows installer from http:/ /www.spotify.com Thirdly, just double click on the installer EXE file and follow the instructions (i would untick the box to create a start menu item as we have our own menu ins tead) Now we will make a menu item so we can run spotify easily: 1. open /root/.jwmrc 2. add the following line to the multimedia section. This will create a menu ite m under multimedia EDIT: forgot to add this line Code: <Program label="Spotify" icon="Animation.xpm">wine "/root/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Spotify/spotify.exe"</Program> cf card: http://www.memorybits.co.uk/shop/compactflash/kingston-8gb-elite-pro-133x-compac tflash-high-cf8gbs2/4253

http://www.notanon.com/tag/libretto/ Install linux on libretto by using other pc: http://www.ottaky.com/lib70ct.php Open spotify = Menu -> Multimedia -> Spotify

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