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nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9472 Location: SwedenEurope

Doesn't Peppermint have same approach like Bodhi?
Maybe Bodhi has more helpful people active on their forum?

I don't remember it well enough to give any good advice but
Peppermint try to be a small lean version of Linux Mint
So that would give you a good repo to get programs from.

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1235

I've downloaded Pinguy 12.04 (the latest one) and have now tested it out on one of our local community centre's computers.

It looks very impressive with its Mac-like application launcher, system info displayed in the right of the screen and its self-changing themes and wallpaper, and probably would be my first choice for the distro I'd show a Windows Vista or 7 user.

The downside is that I can't run it at all on my own computer. It probably needs quite a recent and high spec machine to be able to run.

bark_bark_bark · Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 07:39 Post subject:

I am creating a multiboot USB drive, and so far I got in it: Syslinux 4.05 (the USB's boot loader) and TinyCore + some extras (USB's Linux Distro #1).

I found TinyCore to be cool, but there are some things it lacks like:

Extension-related:
-lack of Web browsers

Anything else is okay.

linuxbear · Posted: Tue 10 Jul 2012, 15:03 Post subject:

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4764 Location: Kentucky

I always keep an install of reliable Debian Stable aka Squeeze.....

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4764 Location: Kentucky

Believe that I may have found my new backup os........

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9472 Location: SwedenEurope

I vaguely remember that I did look into Mageia
but I don't remember if I managed to boot a frugal version?

I trust you did a full install on a partition or used USB or DVD?

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4764 Location: Kentucky

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4764 Location: Kentucky

Yet another full install...... my Windows 7/PCLOS/Lucid/Slacko/Exprimo box.....

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1235

Some good-looking desktops there James; I know Megeia's gettting a lot of good rep now,

I'm currently testing out the latest alpha release of Solus 2. It looks good and, unlike the last version of Solus I tried, Flash actually works in Firefox now.

With two browsers going (Firefox and Opera, one downloading a file and the other playing music) and Open Office as well, it doesn't even touch the swap with 2 GB of RAM. Well worth a look IMO.

(Oh yeah, by the way I should have said I've got a "new" computer now. My old Compaq's been gracefully retired after I damaged the DVD rewriter and decided I may as well put the cost of replacing it towards a new PC instead). This one's a Dell Optiplex GX620 which a local computer shop was selling at a good price).

starhawk · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 18:43 Post subject:

Colonel Panic (have to say I love the name), I have about three dozen desktop-style Combo Drives (CD-ROM/R/RW & DVD-ROM); I'd gladly send you one for cost of postage if you're in the States somewhere, so that your Compaq could run again (assuming that you still have it)...

PM me if you're interested and we'll work something out.

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1235

aen · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 29

I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS as my main desktop OS for quite some time now. I use Mac Pup on an old IBM Think-pad. I love them both.

I'm not crazy about where Ubuntu has gone with Unity, but I was surprised to see that my arrangement of a launcher dock was similar - mine being on the other side of the screen. Mine is merely the Gnome-Do Docky and works great for my way of working on a computer.

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4764 Location: Kentucky

From my old P3 test box......

Colonel Panic · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 1235