ke4nt1
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Posts: 2329
Joined: Oct. 2003 |
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Posted: Sep. 15 2005,03:12 |
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Austrumi? .. Security? It runs as ROOT !
It automounts EVERYTHING ! An accidental reboot leaves you crying when EVERY device you have displays fsck errors.
Older hardware? It's very ram hungry.. My lil toshiba P-100 40mb lappy has no chance of ever seeing this distro. What about my 233 w/64MB ram? Will it boot? THEN what ??
Support? Where are the forums? Distrowatch lists 3 locations for forum support for austrumi, but none had any active forums. The home forums seem to be down. Is there a FAQ? a Wiki?
Is there a safe installer yet? Will it wipe my XP install? ( It used to.. ) Will it install onto Pendrives? Compact Flash? USB drives? (and boot?)
It's a beautiful interface, with the openbox addition, but many items are either missing or broken from the desktop. And it doesn't offer a wealth of cli-type utils, due to lack of room? ( It does have a nice selection of network and server apps. )
Now I'm a BIG fan of GTK2 apps .. Got a BOATload of em' here at DSL you can easily ADD to your install. ( if your hardware can take the pain ! )
...and if it can't , we've got some 'lighter' options for you too. Firefox-1.0.6 included.
When I see this "unregistered" drive-by F.U.D. in DSL forums, I immediately get suspicious.. of course, this reply of mine is exactly what a drive-by would hope to accomplish, right? traffic? attention? recognition? curiosity?
It is my wish that austrumi continues to progress. It shows much potential..
But I feel that DSL has created a nice 'balance' of size, function, useability, and speed, with some great tools for building and adding into DSL whatever you need it to do..
73 ke4nt
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