On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 09:17:15PM -0700, Mark wrote: > Hi - I have a work laptop with Windows and since it tracks basically > everything I do, I'd like to install Squeeze to a 2 GB usb stick I have > laying around so I can boot to that instead of the internal hdd for > personal use. I plan on doing the Expert Install and was wondering if > there is advice on recommended packages other than the base system for my > given circumstances? Here's what I was thinking of installing in addition > to the base system: > > -GParted > -gedit > -Iceweasel > -Synaptic Package Manager > -Update Manager > -Network Manager (or wicd) > -A few things under Preferences like Appearance, Screensaver, Power > Management > > Am I silly to think I'll be able to do this on 2 GB? The laptop has 4 GB > RAM so I'm not worried about swap space. > > Thank you for any input. > > Mark
I've recently done the same thing myself; installing an XFCE-based testing to a 4GB stick. A couple of things I've found useful are laptop-mode-tools (to spin down the Windows HDD) and this[1] script about setting up a transient /var/log (to try and mitigate some of the writes to the flash disk). [1] http://www.debian-administration.org/article/A_transient_/var/log -- Paul Saunders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110628093517.ga10...@darac.org.uk
