Other Distros
- Colonel Panic
- Posts: 2171
- Joined: Sat 16 Sep 2006, 11:09
Thanks for the heads up Bill. I haven't been following the Vector forum lately and so didn't know there was an rc version of Vector 7 Light. I may well head over and take a look.
Cheers,
CP .
Cheers,
CP .
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
Not rjbrewer but my Windows 8 install (32 bit) took about 15 Gb for the base install. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 832#608832nubc wrote:@rjbrewer
How large a partition was necessary to install Win 8 preview?
Nothing less than 16 Gb would work for me.nubc wrote:@rjbrewer
How large a partition was necessary to install Win 8 preview?
It installed ok to my pc but wouldn't work on the laptop.
It's easiest if you already have a Win 7 box.
It isn't supported by any of my wireless cards so far.
Just playing around a bit, seeing it's free till next January?
Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs
- Colonel Panic
- Posts: 2171
- Joined: Sat 16 Sep 2006, 11:09
I recently downloaded Mint 12 LXDE and have been using it this morning. It doesn't seem any heavier on system resources than 11 LXDE was, i.e. it runs (just) in 512 MB of RAM, and it works well.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
""There is no post at this date in that thread
It Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2011, 23:17, how to do it.""
""Error 60 File must be in one contiguos file area
From poor memory.""
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... a5fe8481d1
""While when most of us talk about using frugal install we talk about using the HD that is formatted in ntfs and having the menu.lst on same partition""
It works fine on both (100% NTFS) External&Internal HDD
title SolusOS 1.2b 1:01/0:48
root (hd0,1)
kernel /live/vmlinuz boot=live config live-media-path=/live quiet splash union=aufs --
initrd /live/initrd.lz
It Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2011, 23:17, how to do it.""
""Error 60 File must be in one contiguos file area
From poor memory.""
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... a5fe8481d1
""While when most of us talk about using frugal install we talk about using the HD that is formatted in ntfs and having the menu.lst on same partition""
It works fine on both (100% NTFS) External&Internal HDD
title SolusOS 1.2b 1:01/0:48
root (hd0,1)
kernel /live/vmlinuz boot=live config live-media-path=/live quiet splash union=aufs --
initrd /live/initrd.lz
- Colonel Panic
- Posts: 2171
- Joined: Sat 16 Sep 2006, 11:09
I'm using Bloathi (an expanded version of Bodhi, which needs a DVD to burn to and load) at the moment, live from a public computer as my own won*t boot live DVDs. If you like Bodhi (and it seems a lot of people do), then Bloathi is more of the same, including more Enlightenment themes. The only problem so far is that I*ve been unable to set up my keyboard correctly, with interesting results when I try to input such things as brackets, at symbols etc.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
I have had no issues with Bodhi loaded on an old Acer laptop and an oldish HP pavilion desktop. There's a nasty-gram which comes up on boot, but it vanishes when enter is pushed and I have not bothered to fix it yet. There is also another nasty-gram which shows up during power down, but of course it goes away when the machine shuts down. Other than that, Bodhi is extremely fast on my old lappie and I love the E17 environment.Colonel Panic wrote:IThe only problem so far is that I*ve been unable to set up my keyboard correctly, with interesting results when I try to input such things as brackets, at symbols etc.
Running the latest openSUSE testing .....looks pretty good if you have fairly new hardware.
Decided to use KDE 4 since I can't stand Gnome 3 .....
linux@linux:~> uname -r
3.2.0-2-default
linux@linux:~>
Decided to use KDE 4 since I can't stand Gnome 3 .....
linux@linux:~> uname -r
3.2.0-2-default
linux@linux:~>
- Attachments
-
- snapshot2.png
- (162.53 KiB) Downloaded 767 times
-
- Posts: 597
- Joined: Thu 13 Nov 2008, 13:45
Kongoni:
this is a distro meant to use only free open source stuff. KDE desktop. It has lots of options and tweaks, but unfortunately seems somewhat sluggish and bloated, not very fast. A few problems like not all the functions on the partition editor work and I can't find the wallpaper manager (possibly due to a shortcoming on my part). Not too crazy about this but I'll definitely try the next version as this distro has some potential.
Slax:
nice streamlined Slackware (200Mb). I got it to work on an Intel MacBook, but still needs some tweaks to the touchpad. There is a package for this available, I'll try it out. Overall a nice collection of packages on the site. Definitely getting an install. Really awesome standard wallpaper too.
Saluki Puppy:
this works on the MacBook with the touchpad better than any other Puppy, but I still have to tweak it and the Synaptics driver won't comply. I haven't tried too much though. This is also getting installed.
Kuki:
very minimal distro, I guess a version of Xubuntu. Seems fast enough but has very little included software, maybe a little more than DSL and it shows icons for the drives (DSL doesn't). Also doesn't have any games (but DSL has some games). It was meant for the Acer Aspire One, but will run on other computers, however there is not much control over this, as I tried it on two laptops, and on one it worked but on the other it didn't even boot.
this is a distro meant to use only free open source stuff. KDE desktop. It has lots of options and tweaks, but unfortunately seems somewhat sluggish and bloated, not very fast. A few problems like not all the functions on the partition editor work and I can't find the wallpaper manager (possibly due to a shortcoming on my part). Not too crazy about this but I'll definitely try the next version as this distro has some potential.
Slax:
nice streamlined Slackware (200Mb). I got it to work on an Intel MacBook, but still needs some tweaks to the touchpad. There is a package for this available, I'll try it out. Overall a nice collection of packages on the site. Definitely getting an install. Really awesome standard wallpaper too.
Saluki Puppy:
this works on the MacBook with the touchpad better than any other Puppy, but I still have to tweak it and the Synaptics driver won't comply. I haven't tried too much though. This is also getting installed.
Kuki:
very minimal distro, I guess a version of Xubuntu. Seems fast enough but has very little included software, maybe a little more than DSL and it shows icons for the drives (DSL doesn't). Also doesn't have any games (but DSL has some games). It was meant for the Acer Aspire One, but will run on other computers, however there is not much control over this, as I tried it on two laptops, and on one it worked but on the other it didn't even boot.
Last edited by mini-jaguar on Tue 20 Mar 2012, 07:49, edited 1 time in total.
I hope I'm not committing a transgression by posting this but saw other people posting shots of Windows so...nitehawk wrote:Tried to get FreeBSD installed this weekend. No go. Pulling hair out.
I've been trying out PC-BSD 9.0, Isotope, for the past couple weeks. It's based on the new FreeBSD 9.0 release with a graphic installer that puts you into KDE 4. I'm using it on my Sony Viao laptop with Intel 1.6GHz Dual Core and 1GB RAM and it recognized all my hardware, including wi-fi, out of the box without having to tweak anything
Where Puppy has .pet PC-BSD uses .pbi files that act like an .exe and install all the dependencies for the application, although you can still use ports which I favor. System and program updates are scanned for and updated through a GUI.
I've used PC-BSD since the early days and this is the most stable and slick version I've seen to date.
- Attachments
-
- FreeBSD.jpeg
- PC-BSD 9.0 Isotope
- (32.46 KiB) Downloaded 341 times
-
- radgurl.jpeg
- PC-BSD 9.0 Isotope
- (31.46 KiB) Downloaded 319 times
- Colonel Panic
- Posts: 2171
- Joined: Sat 16 Sep 2006, 11:09
That's interesting. I'd have thought 1 GB of RAM was pretty much minimal for PC-BSD - I thought it needed 2 GB of RAM. How well does it run on your machine, especially with , say, several tabs or windows open in Firefox??izezi wrote:I hope I'm not committing a transgression by posting this but saw other people posting shots of Windows so...nitehawk wrote:Tried to get FreeBSD installed this weekend. No go. Pulling hair out.
I've been trying out PC-BSD 9.0, Isotope, for the past couple weeks. It's based on the new FreeBSD 9.0 release with a graphic installer that puts you into KDE 4. I'm using it on my Sony Viao laptop with Intel 1.6GHz Dual Core and 1GB RAM and it recognized all my hardware, including wi-fi, out of the box without having to tweak anything
Where Puppy has .pet PC-BSD uses .pbi files that act like an .exe and install all the dependencies for the application, although you can still use ports which I favor. System and program updates are scanned for and updated through a GUI.
I've used PC-BSD since the early days and this is the most stable and slick version I've seen to date.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
FreeBSD sees free memory as wasted memory and uses most of what it has available. Here's a screenshot of top while running 5 tabs open in Firefox, gkrellm, and XXMS so you can see for yourself how resources are being handled. I usually don't keep that many tabs open but it doesn't slow things down any.Colonel Panic wrote: That's interesting. I'd have thought 1 GB of RAM was pretty much minimal for PC-BSD - I thought it needed 2 GB of RAM. How well does it run on your machine, especially with , say, several tabs or windows open in Firefox??
I didn't size it down to keep the terminal text as clear as possible.
Vector Linux Light version 7 final
I did a full install of Vector Linux Light 7 with icewm.
Midori and Netsurf aren't very good, using firefox now.
It is good for compiling applications, I've done
mplayer,smplayer,smtube,geany, and firefox 11 with no problems.
Icewm works well too.
Midori and Netsurf aren't very good, using firefox now.
It is good for compiling applications, I've done
mplayer,smplayer,smtube,geany, and firefox 11 with no problems.
Icewm works well too.
- Attachments
-
- screenshot.jpg
- (52.85 KiB) Downloaded 571 times
...I fixed that nasty-gram by removing the enlightenment directory that remembers desktop setup. /.e if memory serveslinuxbear wrote:I have had no issues with Bodhi loaded on an old Acer laptop and an oldish HP pavilion desktop. There's a nasty-gram which comes up on boot, but it vanishes when enter is pushed and I have not bothered to fix it yet. There is also another nasty-gram which shows up during power down, but of course it goes away when the machine shuts down. Other than that, Bodhi is extremely fast on my old lappie and I love the E17 environment.Colonel Panic wrote:IThe only problem so far is that I*ve been unable to set up my keyboard correctly, with interesting results when I try to input such things as brackets, at symbols etc.
Re: Vector Linux Light version 7 final
Vector is a sweet OS. Are they using the grub critter as default yet or are they still using that LILO bug. I think LILO is not compatible with ext4 (?)Billtoo wrote:I did a full install of Vector Linux Light 7 with icewm.
Midori and Netsurf aren't very good, using firefox now.
It is good for compiling applications, I've done
mplayer,smplayer,smtube,geany, and firefox 11 with no problems.
Icewm works well too.
Re: Vector Linux Light version 7 final
Lilo is the default, it is compatible with ext4, my hard drive is formatted ext4.linuxbear wrote: Vector is a sweet OS. Are they using the grub critter as default yet or are they still using that LILO bug. I think LILO is not compatible with ext4 (?)
I actually got PCBSD 9.0 (xfce) installed the other day. The only problem was that I couldn't find a way to dialup to the internet. When I asked on their forum,....I only got one answer about there possibly being KPPP on the install DVD. There didn't seem to be. Not even when I re-installed with KDE desktop. Nothing for dialup.izezi wrote: I've been trying out PC-BSD 9.0, Isotope, for the past couple weeks. It's based on the new FreeBSD 9.0 release with a graphic installer that puts you into KDE 4. I'm using it on my Sony Viao laptop with Intel 1.6GHz Dual Core and 1GB RAM and it recognized all my hardware, including wi-fi, out of the box without having to tweak anything
Where Puppy has .pet PC-BSD uses .pbi files that act like an .exe and install all the dependencies for the application, although you can still use ports which I favor. System and program updates are scanned for and updated through a GUI.
I've used PC-BSD since the early days and this is the most stable and slick version I've seen to date.
I searched the FreeBSD handbook for how to do dialup the hard way,...but still couldn't find anything that made sense. So I went back to just Slackware and Debian for now (and a Puppy here and there).
Re: Vector Linux Light version 7 final
Billtoo wrote:Lilo is the default, it is compatible with ext4, my hard drive is formatted ext4.linuxbear wrote: Vector is a sweet OS. Are they using the grub critter as default yet or are they still using that LILO bug. I think LILO is not compatible with ext4 (?)
I will need to look into that as Lilo is now probably much easier to configure than the "improvement" known as grub-2