Timeline

What I have installed are listed here:

1. 2008-09-16 Frugalware Linux 0.9
2. 2008-09-18 openSUSE 11.0
3. 2008-09-22 Pardus 2008.1 Hyaena hyaena
4. 2008-09-29 Absolute 12.1.07
5. 2008-11-13 Sabayon Linux 3.5.1
6. 2008-11-27 Caos Linux NSA 1.0
7. 2008-11-29 Foresight Linux 2.0.6
8. 2008-12-12 Slackware Linux 12.2
9. 2008-12-20 Arch Linux 2008.12 Nepal
10. 2008-12-25 Simplis 2009
11. 2008-12-25 ZevenOS 1.0
12. 2009-01-06 gOS 3.1 Gadgets (SP1)
13. 2009-01-18 Topologilinux 7.0.1
14. 2009-04-09 Linux Mint 6 Felicia Fluxbox CE
15. 2009-04-12 Kwort Linux 2.4.1.1
16. 2009-04-13 Slax 6.1.0
    

The Hardware

Here is a brief list of hardwares which would be used in this project:

• Shuttle SN41V30 nForce2 IGP + MCP-T
• AMD Barton 3000+
  
• GeForce4 MX
  
• 2GB memory
• 40GB IDE harddisk
• DVD drive
• Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse via Bluetooth dongle as USB input devices
  
• Bluetooth adapter
  

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia-agp

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [48] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at e0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at e0083000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at e0086000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=0080
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at e0087000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio Processing Unit (rev a2)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
Memory at e0081000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE
Kernel modules: pata_amd

00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f541
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at e0084000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at e0085000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Kernel modules: ohci1394, firewire-ohci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: dc000000-ddffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d4000000-dbffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device f540
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at d8080000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0

100 Distros Mean?

I am going to install 100 GNU/Linux distributions. Only installing, not really using. This is a one-time long-term project and could be extremely meaningless. I probably can't gain anything from it. It's not hard, but really takes time.

No matter Dead or Live, I meant successful or failed of a install, both count one. I haven't decide which distro be my first try in this project, but it wouldn't be Fedora, Arch Linux, or Ubuntu since I recently have used them. That won't be fresh for me. Moreover I might not try any doesn't modify the Linux installation process alot like LFS (It actually isn't a distro in my view).

How far is a completion? I think (under my environment)

• X with default WM of the distro
• Connect to Internet (PPPoE, via wired)
• Try to write a post using the distro
  

I will write down what I see through all process, maybe take few pictures. Is that easy to finish installation. Everything will only use default options, I will not try to modify any configuration in shell if the distro intends to run under graphical environment.

One thing I will never do is rating. It'd not be fair if I don't use it. Once I get 100 installs, this project will not be active anymore.