Peter Alcibiades wrote:
On Thursday 10 May 2012 21:25:13 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
On 10/05/12 20:23, Ian Douglas wrote:
Hi playmates,
My wife's laptop (Samsung R20) currently runs MS Windblows Vista and now takes so long to boot she can make a cup of tea while waiting (literally).
I have found an old 2005 version of Knoppix laying around and she is amazed at how quick it is (running off the CD) but I was wondering if there is an even faster/leaner distro she could use. The distro must run off the CD and the browser must be capable of accessing Facebook (about all she uses the computer for!).
This may help: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-of-the-best-tiny-...
or http://www.informationweek.com/news/203100989
Small distros I can think of are Tiny core linux Damn Small Linux (DSL) Puppy Linux Crunchbang Linux
Then there's Gnoppix, Knoppix, & Xubuntu, Lubuntu.
Fairly sure DSL will run from a CD. Sure many will run from a memory stick. I'd have thought running from a memory stick might be faster, and would let you save stuff, like bookmarks etc.
Yes, but DSL is no longer supported. Tiny Core is, but its even more minimalist than Slitaz. DSL will run from a CD, it was great while it lasted. It came with Dillo, so it would need remastering. The office package was siag, again it would need remastering for most users. Another one that used to be nice was Slax - also no longer supported. That was a fast kde3 live CD. I would go with Puppy, or a minimalist Debian if I wanted to customize it, or Slitaz if I wanted it really, really light and was prepared for a little work.
Why would you require product support just for browsing?