TCH-Rick Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I have been playing around with Puppy Linux from this web site. I burned the Live CD and booted from it. I then ran a Setup USB and it installed to a 512 meg USB drive which I can now use to boot my laptop into linux. I have Suse installed to dual boot on my laptop as well but I was impressed at how much easier it was to get my wireless network card to work using the directions in PuppyLinux. The boot up actually creates a RAM disk and loads into RAM. While it takes a bit longer to boot than some other versions, once it boots everything flies! It includes most applications that you would need including word processing, browser, multimedia, chat, and more. If you have an extra USB drive lying around I would recommend trying it out. I also tried FlashLinux but it was not nearly as easy to get running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I'll give that one a try. I also fancy trying http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ I might have a play tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Both of those look very interesting. When I get some time I'll give them a try too. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 You guys need to stop with these new toys for me to play with. I just got Ubuntu set up and am still playing around with it. Much faster and easier to get going that FreeBSD for sure. Now you give me new options to try. My head is spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I had a play with PuppyLinux and DSL. I initially thought that Puppy wasn't up to much - but as I played with it a liitle more, I found it remarkebly powerful for an operating system, and lots of utilities. Overally I preferred PuppyLinux to DSL in the end (DSL is Knoppix based) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 It's nice to see you guys so interested in Linux This makes me think: has any of you considered the option of using it as your main operating system or even made the switch to Linux from another operating system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Raul, if I didn't have to use Windows at work I'd probably be using Linux as my main desktop OS. Since I do it's easier to just keep running XP. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I use Linux on the servers all the time I dual boot at home - XP with ubuntu. There are times when I want to look at sites with the same system as a typical user (it helps when providing support - hence I also have outlook express, outlook, IE even though I don't use them for my own stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 That's what I thought. I know how that is - having to use Windows because I have to use it somewhere else. Fortunately, that didn't last long for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Since I just started the dual boot thing Raul, the only thing I use windows for now is gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I'm in good company I see. At work I have to use XP - too many programs aren't written for linux that we use such as our work order system. At home I have one game that I need XP for that I can't part with - otherwise it's Kubuntu all the way. I had all day Monday fighting with my printer (Epson Stylus) until I ran across instructions on how to upgrade the kernel to Breezy Badger from Hoary Hedgehog (gotta love those names!) and it was all better. I'd hate to have tried it as a non-power user though - either me or it wouldn't have survived it. I do like the updates better than the microsoft way - if for nothing else, most apps are included so you hit update-all and it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Jim, I recommend you upgrade all your system to Breezy's packages, otherwise you'll be stuck with older versions of the software. Here's a guide on how to upgrade from Hoary Hedgehog to Breezy Badger. It says experimental but that's just because when the guide was written, Breezy Badger hadn't been released yet. Even so, I upgraded my system a couple of weeks before it came out and everything went fine. Besides, Breezy Badger has been out for quite a while, so you can trust the upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Thanks for the link Raul! I had basically done that through the synaptic gui but it did miss a couple of utils that way. I don't use them now but who knows... it's good to be squared away in case I do. By the way, When was the last time you saw "You must reboot your computer for the changes to take effect."!!!! Windows - every time Linux - never Gotta love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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