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From: Mark Warner on 24 Sep 2006 19:20 Roger Johansson wrote: > Mark Warner wrote: > >> PCLinuxOS v.93 >> Registered Linux User #415318 >> ...lose .inhibitions when replying > > So you are running PCLinuxOS v.93 now. Along with W2K, SimplyMEPIS, Ubuntu, and Zenwalk. At least for the moment. I'm a serial installer. Oh, and then there's XP running in a virtual machine on Ubuntu, just 'cause I can. > I tried PCLinuxOS v.93 as a live-CD last night. > I worked well but was a little slow, like Mepis, compared to Knoppix. > > I would prefer to use Knoppix as a live-CD, because it is much faster > and easier to use, and it can easily save settings on a hard disk. > [...] > I have no plans right now to install a linux version on a hard disk, I > am just looking for the best live-CD. Knoppix is without doubts the > best live-CD, but I need to listen to sound, mp3 songs. As far as Live CDs go, Knoppix and maybe Puppy are the top of the heap. That's how they're designed -- to be *Live* *CDs*. The others, like MEPIS and PCLOS and what-have-you are essentially demos of the installed OS. That you find them slow is understandable. If/when the time comes that you decide to do an actual hard drive install, I would recommend you *not* install Knoppix. (In fact, I believe Klaus himself recommends against it.) You'll end up with a base Debian install, that most find less than satisfying. -- Mark Warner lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Al Klein on 24 Sep 2006 19:33
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:37:59 GMT, Michael Wardreau <oldmartian(a)users.easynews.com> wrote: >I installed Ubunto. It seems awfully slow. Even the help items take >their time appearing in the window one at a time. I did manage to >"do" things with the install. It might be a nice distro, but: 1) Even though it found my wireless internet card, it couldn't activate it. Same card I've been using on Windows on the same computer for a couple of years. A Linksys card, nothing esoteric. 2) It didn't even find my D-Link G730AP. No internet connectivity means, to me, good by distro. Well, CD-Rs are cheap. -- It's back - http://www.webdingers.com/filelist.html |