Rapidweather
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Joined: Jan. 2004 |
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Posted: Feb. 05 2005,01:11 |
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I've been quite curious about all the live cd distros, and when I got broadband, I downloaded quite a few of them.
Here are some general observations:
1. Some do not have the overall quality and polish that DSL has.
2. Most are much bigger, and tend to default to KDE, which is hard
for a lot of computers to run.
3. My favorites are:
SuSE 9.2 livecd eval.
XFLD
PCLinuxOS
Knoppix 3.7
The PCLinuxOS is a full-size one, and very well done. SuSE 9.2, also big,
is really nice, and has a neat user switching setup. I have to bring Firefox
to SuSE on a usb stick, however.
I won't mention all the ones that are rather badly done, etc. but there are
a few. Some of the Knoppix remasters do not bother to redo the logo.16
screen, when they add specialized programs to Knoppix.
The XFLD is nice, and can save your configuration similar to Knoppix.
None of them allow a restore of configuation after bootup, like DSL can.
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Right now, I am using DSL 0.9.3, and brought my own wvdial on a floppy for
use with my dialup modem. I just use the DSL mount app to mount the floppy, then I copy the wvdial, wvdialconf and my wvdial.conf to "/" and then run wvdialconf in a root rxvt:
# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
When done, my own dial up settings phone number, etc. are ready, without
any editing in beaver (but I could), and I can then run wvdial to connect:
# wvdial (enter)
That's it!, I have Firefox ready on Desktop 1, so off I go!
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Normally, I use a cable modem, so wvdial not necessary there...
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--Rapidweather
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Rapidweather Remaster of DSL:
http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/getting_started.html
Rapidweather Remaster of Knoppix Linux:
http://www.geocities.com/rapidweather/getting_started.html
Screenshots:
http://www.rapidweather.com/linuxcdsales.html
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