____/ SomeBloke on Tuesday 13 November 2007 13:12 : \____
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:54:52 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ SomeBloke on Tuesday 13 November 2007 11:38 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bootcamp 500: Ten uses for an old PC, part 2
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | For reasons best known to the Linux community downloads are rarely |
>>>> straightforward, you have to negotiate a maze of files with similar |
>>>> sounding names to find the one you want, and Puppy Linux is no |
>>>> exception, so please pay attention. `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/
> connected/2007/11/13/ecrboot13.xml
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Related:
>>>>
>>>> Bootcamp 499: Put a puppy in your PC Part 1
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | So what is this miraculous product? It's called Linux, and before
>>>> you | make your excuses and leave this is not geeky Linux, it's a
>>>> small, | cuddly, and incredibly easy to use version called Puppy
>>>> Linux. It runs | directly from a 'Live CD' so even if Windows is
>>>> completely mangled you | can still get your PC up and running and
>>>> access data on the hard drive. `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/
> connected/2007/11/12/ecrboot12.xml
>>>
>>> Puppy just works. Simple as that. I have had several clients whose
>>> Windows installs were completely hosed and, after booting from the
>>> Puppy disc and backing up their documents and email folders to a USB
>>> stick I have been able to get their systems back up and running. This
>>> has usually meant a complete reinstall of course. One major problem
>>> seems to be that the client can't find their discs! Good job that I
>>> keep several tools that allow me to use a different Windows disc and
>>> 'upgrade' the Product Key after installation so that the system can be
>>> approved by Big Brother for use!
>>>
>>> Puppy is also blindingly fast even on a modest setup. I have never
>>> tried to install it on a hard drive but that could be real fun. Just
>>> how fast would it be, and would the system catch fire?
>>>
>>> Tim.
>>
>> I've just changes distrod at home myself. 11:20: ran the live CD... ran
>> the installer, went to the gym... got back and it's all working out of
>> the box correctly... network with DHCP, correct screen resolution...
>> OpenSSH already here. What _on earth_ do trolls say about GNU/Linux
>> being hard to install? It's caveman-friendly. Even the installer was as
>> simply as the screen instructions that they make for 100-year-old
>> seniors to use a voting machine.
>>
>> Linux installation is boring. I still want to try OpenBSD some time.
>
> I know what you mean. I am still trying to get OpenSolaris installed
> without issues. I think I assumed that it would be a simple as Mandriva
> or Ubuntu. Silly Me!
I've read quite a few reviews from Linux enthusiasts who tried it. It seems to
be very possible, but it misses/leaves out a lot of functionality that you
expect to find. Maybe if they got it preinstalled on Sun hardware... still,
applications (desktop-, not server-oriented) would be a barrier.
Sun's work is a case of reinventing the wheel and saying, "but we're a big
company that will unify *everything* and get it just right."
Errr... isn't that what SuSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu and many others have tried to do?
--
~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | Microsoft's Counter-Supportive Evangelist (MCSE)
http://Schestowitz.com | RHAT GNU/Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
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