Linux is a kernel with GNU toolchains and binaries. Xorg comes from another source.
Qt from trolltech, GNOME from GNU.
So you have a kernel, some tools, and a ui.
Not a single system.
Most- if not all- Linux distributions are based upon package managers.
Want a single system? FreeBSD.
Want a single system with a custom built ui "builtin"? Try NetBSD or OpenBSD.
Live CDs are good for recovery.
If you really want a "true" Linux distribution on your box, then you would follow these rules of thumb:
Install base system and latest stable kernel for your CPU type.
Build X modularly and remove the drivers that you don't need.
Install only the applications that you need and a few that you want. Use those that have the least meory requirements.
Set swap to this rule: Less than 128M RAM- 256M.
128 to 256M- 2x physical
512M to 1024M RAM- physical ram size.
1024M and more:512 will do unless you are doing rendering then I say to use ram size as the rule.
Qt from trolltech, GNOME from GNU.
So you have a kernel, some tools, and a ui.
Not a single system.
Most- if not all- Linux distributions are based upon package managers.
Want a single system? FreeBSD.
Want a single system with a custom built ui "builtin"? Try NetBSD or OpenBSD.
Live CDs are good for recovery.
If you really want a "true" Linux distribution on your box, then you would follow these rules of thumb:
Install base system and latest stable kernel for your CPU type.
Build X modularly and remove the drivers that you don't need.
Install only the applications that you need and a few that you want. Use those that have the least meory requirements.
Set swap to this rule: Less than 128M RAM- 256M.
128 to 256M- 2x physical
512M to 1024M RAM- physical ram size.
1024M and more:512 will do unless you are doing rendering then I say to use ram size as the rule.
