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Re: [LUG] Some small linux's briefly reviewed

 

On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 15:17 +0000, viv wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 15:02 +0000, Tom Potts wrote:
> > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9963551517.html
> > Tom te tom te tom
> > 
> > 
> 
> We have tried countless Linux distros on our little sub notebook and
> they all run very slowly (or not at all). PCLinuxOS 2007 (as recommended
> to me by Grandpa B at the Penzance event) is now installed and running
> very well on it. I installed it on our big laptop previously and must
> say that I am very impressed with it to the extent that it may woo me
> away from Kubuntu. Thanks Grandpa B !
> 
> Viv

Nah, you want either Slackware or Gentoo on there, and then customise it
to run only the slimmest or lightest environments.  Nothing quite like
almost rolling-your-own distro (says the guy who puts Debian on anything
that stands still long enough and is testing *Ubuntu on his laptop at
the moment). :D

*Grant's tongue somewhat in his cheek, but not quite*


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