If one is fed up of Suse and Mandriva (I am fed up with both of them, both while being heavy and make a point to omit good utility packages that are in the commercial versions) this one is for you.
It has shed some of its weight to 1.7 and the slimmer versions provides what Suse and Mandriva keep as commercial packages.
It has XBOX (Multimedia) for which I give 250 points and it's score is over 2000 (out of 3000 odd points which I give for a all inclusive heavy distributions).
It also has blender in it's official version and if they had put the same (blender) in the multimedia version I would have given 2500 points.
This is much better than Pardus which also come from Greece.
(I think Pardus is government sponsored and MomomaxOS is a free to make its own decisions).
Sabayon (Slakware) and Monomax (Ubuntu) are almost similar but I prefer Sabayon for its comparatively light weight strategy.
Pick is yours.
If a distribution cannot put its act together with 1.5 GB it is not worth the downloading time in this part of the world (Sri-Lanka).
Our downloading is pretty slow and servers hang up in the night!
Guys switch off the Server (Our Telecom) and go to sleep and that is the time unfortunately I download the Linux distributions for testing.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sabayon-28
If one is fed up of Suse and Mandriva (I am fed up with both of them, both while being heavy and make a point to omit good utility packages that are in the commercial versions) this one is for you.
It has shed some of its weight from 3.5 GB to 1.7 and the slimmer versions provides what Suse and Mandriva keep as commercial packages.
It has XBOX (Multimedia) for which I give 250 points and it's score is over 1500 (out of 3000 odd points which I give for a all inclusive heavy distributions).
Sabayon (Slakware) and Monomax (Ubuntu) are almost similar but I prefer Sabayon for its comparatively light weight strategy.
If they added blender I would have given extra bonus points!
It lives with it's promise the dream we believe on!
However, it should promote the Live CD much more vigorously than the heavy DVD version.
If a distribution cannot put its act together with 1.5 GB it is not worth the downloading time in this part of the world (Sri-Lanka).
Our downloading is pretty slow and servers hand up in the night!
Guys switch off the Server (Our Telecom) and go to sleep and that is the time unfortunately I download the Linux distributions for testing.
It has shed some of its weight from 3.5 GB to 1.7 and the slimmer versions provides what Suse and Mandriva keep as commercial packages.
It has XBOX (Multimedia) for which I give 250 points and it's score is over 1500 (out of 3000 odd points which I give for a all inclusive heavy distributions).
Sabayon (Slakware) and Monomax (Ubuntu) are almost similar but I prefer Sabayon for its comparatively light weight strategy.
If they added blender I would have given extra bonus points!
It lives with it's promise the dream we believe on!
However, it should promote the Live CD much more vigorously than the heavy DVD version.
If a distribution cannot put its act together with 1.5 GB it is not worth the downloading time in this part of the world (Sri-Lanka).
Our downloading is pretty slow and servers hand up in the night!
Guys switch off the Server (Our Telecom) and go to sleep and that is the time unfortunately I download the Linux distributions for testing.
Kanotix-27
Kanotix is has come of age and its KDE is attractive.
Previous version I could not boot and that was one reason I did not write a review.
Now that it has resolved hardware compatibility problem, it passes the 750 point barrier I have set for live CDs.
However, it is on the heavy side being a KDE derivative.
Previous version I could not boot and that was one reason I did not write a review.
Now that it has resolved hardware compatibility problem, it passes the 750 point barrier I have set for live CDs.
However, it is on the heavy side being a KDE derivative.
DreamLinux-26
Dream Linux is also going through rapid transformation and one of those very good utilities which is little talked about because of other common live CDs.
It should be within the first 20 but marketing strategy is not up to the mark.
It is above average and I would edit this page when the version 4 is up and running.
It should be within the first 20 but marketing strategy is not up to the mark.
It is above average and I would edit this page when the version 4 is up and running.
Peppermint-25
Peppermint, another Ubuntu derivative is going through a rapid transformation.
I had to figure out how to boot it when I first downloaded it but the latest version boots automatically without a hassle.
It is fast to boot and install and light weight.
Added Google Viewer and Documents in its package which is a welcome a change.
Gets over 800 points from me which is above average.
Good for a newbie.
The synaptic repository have enormous collection of extra packages.
It has given a new face to Ubuntu clones.
Go and enjoy it.
I had to figure out how to boot it when I first downloaded it but the latest version boots automatically without a hassle.
It is fast to boot and install and light weight.
Added Google Viewer and Documents in its package which is a welcome a change.
Gets over 800 points from me which is above average.
Good for a newbie.
The synaptic repository have enormous collection of extra packages.
It has given a new face to Ubuntu clones.
Go and enjoy it.
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