Looking for a small fast Linux
I’ve been using Linux for more than a couple of years now and until now, I must admit, I haven’t found a suitable Linux system for my wife and kids. All Linux systems I’ve tried so far are bloated and slow to boot as well as slow in running some applications. So I thought - what do I really need? So I made a checklist:
- OpenOffice 2.0
- Gaim Instant Messenger
- Firefox
- Media Player with Win Codecs
- Media Player plugin for Firefox
- Java and Java plugin
- Realplayer
- And perhaps a handful of fun games for the kids (forget the card games)
I decided to go with Debian but then getting the Debian distro would take quite a long time so I searched for some Debian-based distros and finally decided to settle with Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ ). This Linux distro doesn’t have all my needs yet but it gets me started easily with only 50MB of download.
Ok, download just finished. I will update this entry as soon as I get things done.
Continuation… (4 days after)
The truth is I was able to finish the installation project days ago but didn’t find time to update this blog. Installing Damn Small Linux (DSL) was a breeze but I had a hard time updating it and getting the stuff I need to meet my family’s requirements. In the end, I had a bunch of applications that came from the DSL install but are no longer used such as XVesa because I had to install X.org. At the end, I decided to trash the DSL approach and go another way - Debian Net Install. So I downloaded again but this time I downloaded the Debian Net Install ISO. After downloading it, I burned it on CD and started the install on of my PCs. The install finished after 2 hours since I have to download other stuff from the Debian website to complete the install (Net install remember?).
I ended up with this:
- Debian Compiled 2.6.15-1 Kernel
- X.org
- XFCE4
- OpenOffice 2.0
- Mplayer with GUI and WinCodecs
- Java
- Firefox
- Java, Mplayer, and Flash plugins for Firefox
- Planet Penguin Racer
- xGalaga
- Frozen Bubble
- Gaim
The above specs are true for two PCs (except for the nvidia driver) and both works fine!
Now, all is happy.
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