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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by Quintin

Quintin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:04:46 +0000

Hey na1pir.

Thats the beauty of it. Everyone can have their favorite, when we started this series I thought we would be hard pressed to find lightweight distros worth reviewing.

Little did I know that not only are there dedicated lightweight distros, but every mainstream distro has a lightweight flavor.

Impressive.

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by na1pir

na1pir — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:27:33 +0000

I guess my best light distro of choice is opensuse with lxde.

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by Quintin

Quintin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:11:56 +0000

Hey Barista Uno.

Peppermint did not make the cut because for us it is not a practical solution. Internet speeds in South Africa kills this as a solution because it makes the OS feel slower than it actually is.

If it were to offer a Google Gears type offline synchronization to hide the time it takes to sync from the user it would be a much better option.

Thanks for commenting!

Kind Regards

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by Quintin

Quintin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:03:11 +0000

Hey vonskippy.

If you read the series you would have noticed that Mint XFCE was chosen by the readers, under the “other” category in the poll. I made this clear when testing it, but I shoul probably have also said that here also.

Regards

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by Barista Uno

Barista Uno — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:52:45 +0000

Any reason for not including in your list Peppermint OS?

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by vonskippy

vonskippy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:36:15 +0000

So Linux Mint 9 XFCE Wins a few of your choices – Yet it’s not on the poll – WTF?

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict by Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 11 – PCLinuxOS LXDE - Tech

Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 11 – PCLinuxOS LXDE - Tech — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:37:59 +0000

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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 11 – PCLinuxOS LXDE by Quintin

Quintin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:49:47 +0000

Hey Tienie.

PCLOS have always handled most of that stuff via the control center. Way back it actually had better 3g modem and GPRS cellphone modem support than any of the Ubuntu variants and clones.

Today Ubuntu is better because it auto detects the hardware better and makes it easier for the user to set it up.

For you Ubuntu will be the better choice there. If you want to get your bluetooth modem working on a Nokia phone, for instance, PCLOS will be able to handle it better.

In the case of Grandma I will be handling the setup of those things, so for her this will be a non issue.

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE by Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict - Tech

Lightweight Distro Roundup – The verdict - Tech — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:46:22 +0000

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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 11 – PCLinuxOS LXDE by Tienie de coning

Tienie de coning — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:59:08 +0000

one question: i prefer ubuntu because it detects my huawei usb modem and samsung m3200 as plug and play devices. i have not found it as easy with other distros. the last pclinuxos i tried was 2007 so maybe the new version does not have that problem.

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Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE - Tech — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:52:54 +0000

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Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 11 – PCLinuxOS LXDE - Tech — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:50:15 +0000

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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE by Quintin

Quintin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:40:01 +0000

Hey bpacko

That works with multipe installs on the same partition, the problem I have is with migrating your data between installs, or bwetween distros, or even between a desktop and a mobile computer.

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE by bpacko

bpacko — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:38:52 +0000

Just wondering…in regards to the home folder sync tool for Linux you mentioned. Would it work if you had a seperate /home partition and told each OS to mount /home from that partition? I’m running three different distros and it seems to work for me.

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 9 – Peppermint OS by Ron Gibbs

Ron Gibbs — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:28:49 +0000

Peppermint is actually based on Lubuntu, and Mint, oh…………. and it ROCKS!!

Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE by Darel Philip

Darel Philip — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:34:22 +0000

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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE by Darel Philip

Darel Philip — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:05:25 +0000

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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 10 – Linux Mint XFCE by Darel Philip

Darel Philip — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:18:04 +0000

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Comment on Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 9 – Peppermint OS by Stephen Ewen

Stephen Ewen — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:13:32 +0000

UberStudent-LXDE will be released in a few hours! See http://uberstudent.org