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		sandGorgon on June 5, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Debris - a light 185 mb Ubuntu, combining latest k... to run it in VirtualBox, the livecd needs "xmodule=vesa" boot option. To install VBox/nVidia graphics drivers, you need to install dbrs-precompiled-linux-sources-2.6.28 (using apt-get). And OO 3.1 is at "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu hardy main" repository. Very lightweight on my 5 yr old laptop - with the OpenBox option.

ntoshev on June 5, 2009 [–]

In VirtualBox I use the official minimal server Ubuntu distribution - JeOS.

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/je...

If you don't need GUI it's fine. You only need to allow PAE/NX from VirtualBox settings.

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