Friday, March 25, 2011

SwiftLinux Diet Edition-Linux Extras-13

After 40 or more goes at downloading (point to point) finally I manage to download 400 odd MiB of Linux iso. That is also not the full version but the diet version.
Glamour version is TaylorSwift Edition but I am still trying it.
This is the classic example of how poor is over Telecoms to connect with a distant server on the other side of the globe.
I am a fan of Mepis especially its tone down version of Anitx.
They are light weight in spite of being of KDE variety and also specializes on old computers with 128 RAM.
I still have an old computer with 233 speed, 128 RAM and 4M on board graphic capability which is still working with Redhat 9 and that is why I love this light version which boots up nicely and run fast. I still use it for demonstrations of old Linux versions with lot of nostalgia.
One need not throw away an old computer since the latest Microsoft cannot be booted on it, especially in the third world and kids can use them for DOS games and other fun.

Coming back to Swift Linux it is simple and attractive and have lot of utilities including Abiword and CD burner. If you have an old computer in the attic take and dust it out and boot with Swift or AntiX.
It (Antix) can be used in 486 too.

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