<![CDATA[Code The World — Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?id=70 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:08:55 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=364#p364 DuckofDoom wrote:
Terry wrote:

Never heard of puppylinux.

Its one of those small form factor distros made for use on legacy hardware.  I've got it running on a P2 with 320Mb ram, and its as smooth as butter.  Thats not running in ram though.  You have the option to set it to always run in ram on boot, which is what I do on my current laptop.  Boot it from a USB stick, it loads into ram and runs.  The distro im using is about 92Mb, and has just about everything I need.  wireless drivers, any web ap you could really need, basic office type programs. I've added Open office, TrueCrypt, Sun's VirtualBox, all the Dev stuff, and ton of games... and its still around 400Mb.
Load that all into 4gb ram at startup... and its lighting fast.  Any changes you make are auto saved in an encrypted session file, which you can take to another puppy install and be able to load your personally settings with.
Its not bad.  The only drawback is some software you need to compile on your own.


Sounds nice to create hotspot gateways.

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:08:55 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=364#p364 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=363#p363 Terry wrote:

Never heard of puppylinux.

Its one of those small form factor distros made for use on legacy hardware.  I've got it running on a P2 with 320Mb ram, and its as smooth as butter.  Thats not running in ram though.  You have the option to set it to always run in ram on boot, which is what I do on my current laptop.  Boot it from a USB stick, it loads into ram and runs.  The distro im using is about 92Mb, and has just about everything I need.  wireless drivers, any web ap you could really need, basic office type programs. I've added Open office, TrueCrypt, Sun's VirtualBox, all the Dev stuff, and ton of games... and its still around 400Mb.
Load that all into 4gb ram at startup... and its lighting fast.  Any changes you make are auto saved in an encrypted session file, which you can take to another puppy install and be able to load your personally settings with.
Its not bad.  The only drawback is some software you need to compile on your own.

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:06:25 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=363#p363 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=347#p347 Never heard of puppylinux.

What i prefer?.. Well here it goes wink

Laptop/Desktop > Latest Fedora
Server > CentOS / RedHat EL / SuSE

And indeed Tired8281 is when it comes to the distros purpose.
At least anything is better then a Doze os. wink

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:34:05 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=347#p347 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=346#p346 Most people mock it for not being a 'real' linux distro, but I really like puppylinux.  The ability for it to run entirely in ram has me sold. (if only I could do the same with Fedora) tongue

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:54:29 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=346#p346 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=296#p296 Depends on what you want to do.  I've had a lot of fun with single-purpose distros, myself, like router distros or PVR-type distros...just cuz they were meant for one use doesn't mean they can't be good at whatever else you want to force it to do.

]]> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:42:51 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=296#p296 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=289#p289 fedeora fedora fedora!!!

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:57:12 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=289#p289 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=286#p286 Debian all the way. sidux is best.

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:14:51 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=286#p286 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=250#p250 No better Desktop OS than SuSE

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:15:31 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=250#p250 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=241#p241 I will stay on Fedora for my lappy and SuSE/Centos on my servers

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:05:24 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=241#p241 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=238#p238 Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandrake(Mandriva) for desktops. If you wanna learn some other things like servers and networking, try Centos, Fedora, and even Slackware (if you are a masochist smile)

Cheers,
Schnapps

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:35:16 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=238#p238 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=231#p231 Yeah, I'm running Gentoo and Ubuntu on two separate boxes at home and both work well. Fedora is a fairly bloated install but it has pretty much everything up and running as you go. Knoppix is a good boot cd if you just want to have a muck around.

For a good all round mix though you can't go past SUSE

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:38:59 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=231#p231 <![CDATA[Re: Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=225#p225 dunno, what distro have you been using tongue

I just recently converted my servers from CentOS to Debian and they're quite a bit faster
I'm testing out Gentoo on my home box and it seems nice
I used to like Fedora for a desktop OS but now it's feeling... too bloated, so I've been testing (X)Ubuntu for about a month now, it satisfies me enough to keep

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:35:06 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=225#p225 <![CDATA[Linux]]> https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=210#p210 I've been using Linux for a year now and I feel like I'm ready for something else. What distro flavors do you recommend?

]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:56:17 +0000 https://codetheworld.com/viewtopic.php?pid=210#p210