DSL in the news again
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: DSL in the news again
started by: caulktel
Posted by caulktel on Dec. 18 2004,19:07
Found this link through osnews.com< http://www.tuxs.org/dolive.htm >
Posted by AwPhuch on Dec. 20 2004,04:49
Wow most excellent!!!Brian
AwPhuch
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Dec. 20 2004,04:54
I really cant believe they put us as less portable than Slax, though...
Posted by ico2 on Dec. 20 2004,13:32
/:S
Posted by subarus on Dec. 20 2004,14:31
Slax is a 200Meg disto. Imagine what dsl can do with 200meg!!hmm how about having 4 dsl versions to cover everyone's need
50Meg (business card size) - for comp savvy minimalist, ie ppl who knows what they are doing
200Meg (3.5" disk)- for ppl who just graduated from usoft, who think they know what they are doing
700Meg (5.25" disk) - people who want to be free from usoft but not sure how
4200Meg (5.25" DVD) - people who want everything, but dont know what they really want
should be easy to maintain since mydsl is modular
Posted by ico2 on Dec. 20 2004,14:44
are there any dvd sized bootable cd distros out there? now that would be cool.
Posted by subarus on Dec. 20 2004,14:50
| Quote (ico2 @ Dec. 20 2004,09:44) |
| are there any dvd sized bootable cd distros out there? now that would be cool. |
yeah.. Knoppix !!!! but its not downloadable... have to buy
Posted by mpie on Dec. 20 2004,15:22
| Quote (ico2 @ Dec. 20 2004,09:44) |
| are there any dvd sized bootable cd distros out there? now that would be cool. how can a bootable cd be dvd size........... there is also a live version of suse on dvd...... |
erm ..... i smell a boobo in that phrase????lol
there is a live dvd for suse and probably a few of the other big dists too...... have a google
Posted by ico2 on Dec. 20 2004,15:24
is there a dvd sized version of knoppix?
Posted by mpie on Dec. 20 2004,15:30
| Quote (subarus @ Dec. 20 2004,09:50) | ||
yeah.. Knoppix !!!! but its not downloadable... have to buy |
there is ico yes, cant imagine what is crammed on there altogether as the cd contains quite a bit anyway?
Posted by ico2 on Dec. 20 2004,15:32
cooooooooooooooool.not that anyone could use all that software but nonetheless cooooooooooool.
Posted by mpie on Dec. 20 2004,15:49
then again in that space you could put dsl the full repository and many source balls to compile!!!!!
Posted by subarus on Dec. 20 2004,16:06
| Quote (ico2 @ Dec. 20 2004,10:24) |
| is there a dvd sized version of knoppix? |
Here it is: < Knoppix DVD Version > .
But seriously guys, why do we need knoppix, dsl is better. They dont listen, stuck with Konqueror browser for years, cant even open Yahoo mail the last time I checked, mozila is slow as snail. they refuse to use firefox.. such arogance?
Posted by subarus on Dec. 20 2004,16:12
forget Knoppix, they STILL dont have firefox in DVD version (4200meg), unbelievable. dsl has it in 50meg version, go figure | Quote |
| fb-music-high fbi fbset fdflush fdisk-udeb fdutils fenris festival festlex-cmu festlex-oald festlex-poslex festvox-ellpc11k festvox-kallpc16k fetchmail fftw2 fftw3 fftw3-dev fifteenapplet file file-roller filelight fileutils findutils finger firewall-knoppix flashkard flashplugin-nonfree flex fluxbox fnlib-data fontconfig fontforge fontforge-doc |
Posted by subarus on Dec. 20 2004,16:35
in case john decided dsl should venture beyond 50meg, can we have ipw2100 firmware included. please
Posted by ico2 on Dec. 20 2004,16:52
i am not that interested in using knoppix-dvd, just sounded interesting.
Posted by Tux5 on Dec. 21 2004,11:56
In the news again!< http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041220/152/f8wzx.html >
Posted by AwPhuch on Dec. 21 2004,14:55
Hehe..they never get away from the "Linux off a 50MB bootable business card CD"...which is waaay coolSlimmed KNOPPIX will never equal the DSL distro, just cause they dont listen to the requests of the users..they just pump out generic stamped releases because modifying anything would be just too hard!!!!
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| Debian is not the only Linux distribution that is available as a Live CD.... |
Brian
AwPhuch
Posted by AwPhuch on Dec. 21 2004,15:26
| Quote (subarus @ Dec. 20 2004,11:35) |
| in case john decided dsl should venture beyond 50meg, can we have ipw2100 firmware included. please |
DSL wont be over 50Megs...
DSL-*insert modified name here* can be
Brian
AwPhuch
Posted by noclobber on Dec. 21 2004,18:52
| Quote |
| But seriously guys, why do we need knoppix, dsl is better. They don't listen, stuck with Konqueror browser for years, can't even open Yahoo mail the last time I checked, mozilla is slow as snail. they refuse to use firefox.. such arrogance? |
Keeping DSL at a hard 50MB limit forces its contributors to weigh the pros/cons of every byte that goes into it. The result is a leaner, faster, yet still fully functional (and IMHO better) distro.
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| in case john decided dsl should venture beyond 50meg, can we have ipw2100 firmware included. please |
You can always roll your own remaster.
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