Small linux distro

[Penth]

I've got a windows server that I run WAMP on. I have a few .php files that I use to update things between my local server and my online server.

I'm looking for a linux distro with as small of a footprint as possible. The only thing I'm intending to do with it is use cron to run the php files at a set interval. I could do it pretty easily with XP but it seems like I could use a VM with 128MB of ram and do it with linux. I also can't do it using tasks for windows server because I'm already running some that would be interrupted if a screen popped up with a command prompt or a browser.

Also, is there an easy way to access a remote url from the command line in linux? For example, I want to run http://core/host/file1.php every 3 minutes. Thanks for any help in pointing me in the right direction.

 

[SpeedEng66]

im really green on lunix

but Ive been using danm small linux on a really old laptop (p1 233 96mb)
and it's less than 50mb..

it it works great. (for me)

 

[Brazen]

You could do it with less RAM then that using Damn Small Linux.

edit: I checked and it only requires 16mb of RAM: http://damnsmalllinux.org/

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: Penth
Also, is there an easy way to access a remote url from the command line in linux? For example, I want to run http://core/host/file1.php every 3 minutes. Thanks for any help in pointing me in the right direction.

See wget and/or lynx.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Penth
Also, is there an easy way to access a remote url from the command line in linux? For example, I want to run http://core/host/file1.php every 3 minutes. Thanks for any help in pointing me in the right direction.

Look into wget or curl. I'm a bit rusty, but I **think** this is how you would use it in cron.

*/3 * * * * wget http://core/host/file1.php > /dev/null

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Penth
I've got a windows server that I run WAMP on. I have a few .php files that I use to update things between my local server and my online server.

I'm looking for a linux distro with as small of a footprint as possible. The only thing I'm intending to do with it is use cron to run the php files at a set interval. I could do it pretty easily with XP but it seems like I could use a VM with 128MB of ram and do it with linux. I also can't do it using tasks for windows server because I'm already running some that would be interrupted if a screen popped up with a command prompt or a browser.

Also, is there an easy way to access a remote url from the command line in linux? For example, I want to run http://core/host/file1.php every 3 minutes. Thanks for any help in pointing me in the right direction.

VMWare Player (free, legal) + any random Linux distro from www.vmware.com (free, legal) is one easy way.

 

[SpeedEng66]

Originally posted by: Brazen
You could do it with less RAM then that using Damn Small Linux.

edit: I checked and it only requires 16mb of RAM: http://damnsmalllinux.org/

oh i know, someone on their forums was able to use 8mb and a 386
but even with p1 233 & 96mb I can have a 2-3 dillo browser open (while still kinda snappy)
with 1 fire fox open (and nothing else) the p1 233 is just not enough umph


edit ohh what I ment in my first post is that it uses less than 50mb hd space, becasue op wanted a small linux distro

 

[Penth]

I came across DSL pretty quick after posting here. It didn't have the same version of cron that I had used in the past. I ended up going with ubuntu 6.0 server version in a virtual machine with 128mb ram. I even got hamachi working on it. Thanks for your tips. DSL is an impressive little piece of work for 50mb.