Yeah, I am trying to find a linux distro more suitable for an older machine, that runs minimally with the least of space. I found Damn Small Linux, and got the Windows-Embedded version for this PC as I have previously stated that it is not mine to maintenance on. But when I downloaded the .iso file, when booting, it will not work. It is a LiveCD when I boot, it says "press enter to continue loading" etc... But when it starts to load, the penguin shows up in the top left of the screen for awhile and I hear no motions from my computer, just stillness and the CPU fan. Am I downloading the right one?

The Windows-Embedded version is presumably for use in a virtual machine under Windows. You should download an x86/i386 LiveCD if you don't want to touch anything on the disk.

Yep, and speaking of Damn Small Linux, does it have a compiler? I tried using the terminal eg. g++ and it returned no install instructions. I tried sudo apt-get install g++, that did not work either. So my question is, are there any compilers for this distribution? If not, this can just be my fuck-around mini-OS for my thumb drive in school rather than shit windows.

Fishbones wrote:Yep, and speaking of Damn Small Linux, does it have a compiler? I tried using the terminal eg. g++ and it returned no install instructions. I tried sudo apt-get install g++, that did not work either. So my question is, are there any compilers for this distribution? If not, this can just be my F***-around mini-OS for my thumb drive in school rather than shit windows.

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/About_Damn_Small_Linux wrote:Additionally Damn Small Linux provides on-demand download for large programs such as OpenOffice.org and the Gcc as well as smaller apps like Xchat by means of the MyDSL system, which allows users the convenience of 1 click download and installation of apps (although most DSL users refer to all things MyDSL as extensions).

GCC isn't on it, but can be easily downloaded, as indicated by the wiki page.