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A Linux for Gill ? Puppy Linux
chorleydave:
Hi, Sam. Have you tried this? I'm going to download it later and give it a whirl on an old PC I have in the cupboard.
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/
sam:
I havent no, I hear it is like debian in the feel. I think Sandra mentioned it to Gill in a previous post though.
It you want a linux installation that is fast off a cd I'd use Linspire or Ubuntu (which I was very impressed with).
Tell me of your results with Puppy - will be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.
Scrumpy-Jack:
LOL I tried UBUNTU on my old 166's with reasonably speedy CDROM x52 . After 30 Mins it still hadn't reached the DESKTOP screen. :D
I then tried it on a 500mhz AMD.....after 20 mins it hadn't reached the DESKTOP screen either :D . Windows XP runs just fine on the same pc.
So i def couldn't recommend UBUNTU for older hardware . Prob runs just fine on something more speedy.
A nice little one for Dial up Downloaders is... DSL..Damn Small Linux.
DSL
This runs super speedy on my P166's . Conventional LIVE CD though..only 50mbs.
The real GEM is PUPPY LINUX. :) An abxolute WHIZZ. It only uses the CD for initial BOOT therafter it runs from a virtual filesystem on HD or in MEM. I use it for my 166's Well recommended , has lots of extra software to install via DOTPUPs. East Peezy almost as easy as installing windows Progs.
Give it a Try...Have Fun :D
Cheers :D
chorleydave:
I've prepared the Puppy CD, but my old 200MMX (which I am going to try it on) is in bits at the moment as I was using it last week to show a (non-blond) lass how to put a basic PC together.
I'll have a play with it (the OS before anybody makes a comment) when I get back from camping on Tuesday and report back.
sam:
how quick these things loads can really depend on your motherboard, graphics card and the type of connection you are using for you hard drive. They all can fail quite badly on one piece of hardware that is incompatible. Saying that both ubuntu and linspire boot on all my machine quickly, though I havent even bothered with anything under 400mhz.
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