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!).
Any suggestions welcome.
Ian.
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).
Huh! I could probably cook a three course meal waiting for my Acer to load XP - and that's with autoupdates etc turned off.
Colour yourself lucky.
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!).
Well, there's Crunchbang, but I don't know if it comes with a browser.
Why not make a small(ish) Linux partition and park the browser there? Doing it that way round won't mess anything up. (Never try to install Windows *after* installing Linux...)
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
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.
HTH.
Steve
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.
Al
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?
On Fri, 11 May 2012 10:19:56 +0100 Anthony Anson tony.anson@girolle.co.uk allegedly wrote:
Why would you require product support just for browsing?
Because the (probably) most vulnerable application on a desktop these days is the browser. You /really/ need to keep that patched and up to date.
Mick
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mick wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 10:19:56 +0100 Anthony Anson tony.anson@girolle.co.uk allegedly wrote:
Why would you require product support just for browsing?
Because the (probably) most vulnerable application on a desktop these days is the browser. You /really/ need to keep that patched and up to date.
Really?
The only problem I have using Firefox 3 is that sometimes, U-tube doesn't like it. I used the AV program on the Eee's Xandros for a few weeks, when it fell over, and I've never used an AV program (wit Linux) since.
On Thursday 10 May 2012 20:23:14 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!).
Any suggestions welcome.
Ian.
The fastest and smallest that is usable will be slitaz. Puppy is also an option. What I am running on an old thinkpad is debian with lightdm and xfce, with claws for mail. It boots very fast indeed. That's from a small solid state drive now, though it was also very fast from the original hard drive. Slitaz will need some work to be supplemented to fit, but Puppy should be ok out of the box.
Al
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