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monkymind

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Posted: July 03 2004,09:24

There's an article called Review - One Old PC + RedHat, Knoppix, Fedora, or DSL
over at http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/9111

ke4nt1

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Posted: July 03 2004,12:10

Thanks for the heads-up on that one, monkymind...
( and NICE WORK on the new DSL logos.. Good Work!! )

I posted some corrections and notes for other users
to review below the article.

You folks with a free moment this weekend need to go over
there and POST UP about the good things DSL has to offer.

Nice to see DSL posted again in ( web ) print.

While I've played with "Peanut Linux" a bit, I must admit I
cracked a smile when the OS "croaked" during testing..

( There's nothing better than taking out the competition "early" in the game! )

DSL was also featured in the June edition of "Linux Format" ,
which included a "bootable" CD copy as a cover disk..
( or, as an .iso on the DVD cover disk )
Again, another nice article, but an older version of DSL ( 0.6.2 )
Actually, I think DSL was in 3 different articles in that issue.

I hope they feature it again with the 0.7.x series.

DSL will always win out over other OSes when older hardware is mentioned.
That is what John and Robert designed it to do best...

73
ke4nt

monkymind

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Posted: July 03 2004,12:52

Quote (ke4nt1 @ July 03 2004,22:10)

Thanks for the heads-up on that one, monkymind...
( and NICE WORK on the new DSL logos.. Good Work!! )

ermm ...... had to do something - I was responsible for the original grey one

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I posted some corrections and notes for other users to review below the article.

Good idea. Its always nice to see your fav distro getting some press - but it would be better if the authors checked their facts before publishing.

Btw thanks for all the myDSL contributions. The XMahjongg one will be getting some heavy testing soon :cool:

Cheers
rob

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Posted: July 03 2004,19:28

FYI,

Peanut Linux is no longer a viable option for old hardware because the installer requires a 64MB ramdisk in order for initial boot up. This means that you need 96MB of RAM in order to install the OS.

PL is now more part of the "cutting edge" crowd than the "small,fast, older computers" crowd.

But like the author said, he is not comparing apples to apples.

DSL is the right tool for the job, as shown by the test results.

PL probably would have compared somewhere between FC2 and RH9 if the installation was possible. It's a newer kernel, but without the bloat of the KDE/GNOME desktop environments.

hasty

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Posted: July 03 2004,21:05

Nice warm & huggy sort of article article with spirited addenda by Ke4nt1.
He hadn't done much homework though.

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