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.
HTH.
Steve