User Feedback :: To all the new Frugal installers



I wanted to take a minute to welcome the new people to DSL and encourage them to consider a Frugal DSL install as opposed to a regular HD install. As Robert has said before, 'It's not your father's operating system'.

To all the new Frugal installers, thank you for trying it out. Since I have started my Frugal crusade many people have given it a try and have been surprised with the flexibility of such a system.

Even if you are skeptical of frugal I encourage you to give it a try.

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Frugal! Frugal! Frugal!  \o/

Why frugal? ..cuz I CAN !!!!!

1. Nearly bulletproof.
Reboot, and back to fresh state.
Especially good for dealing with dep-hell, errant compiles,
incorrectly edited files, or accidental data loss..

2. Easy to upgrade.
Typically copy the contents of a new DSL CD over
your frugal install, and reboot.  Your upgraded ..

3. Boottime options.
With the frugal-grub install, setting up multiple groups
of boot options, mydsl extensions, and persistant shares
are super easy. Edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst, and reboot.
Create various combinations of resolutions, runlevels,
backups, extension groups, lowram tweaks, security options,
and various persistant directories and hostnames.
Easily edit your combinations as you desire.

4. Toram.
Need a tweak in the performance arena ?
Toram is the ticket. Run your entire OS in ramspace.
For low-speed CPU's with generous ram (+128MB's),
it truly improves application performance..
For larger ramspaces and fast CPU's , it's blindingly fast.

5. Portability.
Synonymous with LiveCD, Pendrives, Compact Flash.
Run your "frugal" install on just about any storage device.
Mirrors the original distro. Copy over your backup.tar.gz file
to another medium, boot with similar boottime options,
and your custom tweaked system runs anywhere,
on most everything. No being tied to one computer.

6. Expandability with flexibility.
You choose to have a new app become a permanent part of
your custom OS, or not.  Uninstalls?  simply reboot!
Less grief with dependencies, and leaner apps than using .debs,
DSL recommends the apt-get system for Hard Drive installs ..
Not so with frugal installs.. Select from a variety of extensions
from the repository..  
Install as needed, or have them loaded at every bootup..

73
ke4nt
Hey!!!!   I'll give that a try!!!  It sounds like the best thing since popsicle sticks!!  Does DSL get any better!? There is no way anything can be ANY better than DSL !
hooray for FRUGAL "ever have that friend that is always callin ya over to fix things again and again"  Do them the frugal favour, it's like settin them up perfect every time they reboot, bullet proof. I love it
   Now thats fresh
                Coma
Frugal is awesome. I would highly advise trying it if you havent, it is definetely worth it. One of the many reasons that dsl is ahead of the curve.
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