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24. Aug 2011, 05:51 AM
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Unfortunately I have no experience with Puppy and I guess we all have our favorites. I would say Bodhi and Peppermint
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24. Aug 2011, 10:19 PM
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PCLinux_KDE was not just pretty but it was exceptional when it came to system resources. It uses the RPM package manager with a large number of utility and apps available. Its a spin off of the Mandriva and Redhat genre. A very good distro which may help broaden your Linux experience. Screen shot. |
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25. Aug 2011, 07:54 AM
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I too really liked PCLinux_KDE but it had no support for my mobile broadband and I just couldn't be bothered with script this and modeswitch the other to try and get it working.
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25. Aug 2011, 03:12 PM
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Actually there are a good number of light weight distro's that will breathe new life into aging computers and laptops. Did a little looking around and came across this website Don't get me wrong Puppy is great but you may get more usability out of a more substantial distro.
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25. Aug 2011, 05:27 PM
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You may recall MC talking about the stacks of live cd's around his desk. Each distro is like a new toy to play with. It don't no matter how old we get we still like playing with our toys they are just bigger or more complicated  Anyway I was faced with a problem because I didn't want to partition my hard drive like a pepperoni pizza so I decided to go with the Virtual Box option. There is a thread on this forum discussing the use of virtual Box from Linux here Give it a look and see if its something you think will work for you. Running a distro with VB has it's limitations because its a bit slower but still good enough to get a feel for how it works. One word of advice, its better to run the .VDI file (virtual file that's used as the hard drive) from a separate hard drive to give better performance. I have 2 internal hard drives so its what I did. I was able to test drive around ten distro's in a couple of weeks this way. Enjoy
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26. Aug 2011, 08:54 AM
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Current mix Zorin OS 5 and XPSP3 Guess which one I use most?
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