tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post8737958659476742105..comments2024-03-28T08:06:15.494-07:00Comments on Linuxed - Exploring Linux distros: Porteus 1.2: Really impressive KDE light weight Linux and full of featuresArindam Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-84714680442482512692013-09-10T01:43:58.936-07:002013-09-10T01:43:58.936-07:00I installed Porteus 2.1 Very impressive!
Have to...I installed Porteus 2.1 Very impressive! <br /><br />Have to look and experiment with the boot and save change parameters. But storing xzm modules in the module folders works great.<br /><br />Hope they will implement a dualpane filemanager like Krusader. I miss this application!! (or is there a alternative?)<br /><br />WimdukAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09633254278142138650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-131942845522812012013-03-17T00:40:32.858-07:002013-03-17T00:40:32.858-07:00I know. I really liked Porteus 2 RC's. Will tr...I know. I really liked Porteus 2 RC's. Will try out the distro soon. Thanks.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-53011069231209601162013-03-15T12:52:00.921-07:002013-03-15T12:52:00.921-07:00Porteus v2.0 is a BIG improvement. Very simple to ...Porteus v2.0 is a BIG improvement. Very simple to install, even the guy that complained in the post above could do it. They must have read your post and listened because they removed the need to choose a storage folder. Check it out.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805148374684513117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-61165849206817246882012-12-12T02:22:36.031-08:002012-12-12T02:22:36.031-08:00"And oh, you have to either have the "mo..."And oh, you have to either have the "modules" folder not in home directory or not in root? Oh Please...they couldn't do that themselves when designing this distro?"<br /><br />And what do you propose? That they guess your system setup and where you want to store things? Should they bind the home folder to the first available partition found. Oh please ... do your homeworkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-65482502512785355702012-12-02T11:45:04.378-08:002012-12-02T11:45:04.378-08:00Puppy is definitely a more robust operating system...Puppy is definitely a more robust operating system and perhaps the best of all the lightweight OSs I have used. Very dependable and works with almost all systems. But, Porteus brings a different proposition and I agree, it requires a bit of tinkering from the user to make it work. Possibly developers will be rectifying it in their future releases.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-17329907527993251822012-12-01T08:09:09.214-08:002012-12-01T08:09:09.214-08:00I refurbish older computers for charity and I have...I refurbish older computers for charity and I have to say that this distro will not be on my short list for installation. It is Not very user friendly to set up at all. Confusing and difficult choices. Gparted spins for minutes with no effect. Strange error messages about drives not being mounted then suddenly mounting. Package manger asks you to assign a folder to it? And oh, you have to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-10641251320437467622012-10-30T03:49:46.073-07:002012-10-30T03:49:46.073-07:00Slax 7.0 preview has packed KDE4 in 177mb! & T...Slax 7.0 preview has packed KDE4 in 177mb! & This is the same version of KDE that is put in SLAX 6.1.2 which is only about 200 mb!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-8018925326762237352012-08-13T06:43:27.308-07:002012-08-13T06:43:27.308-07:00The KDE environment here is now being called TDE (...The KDE environment here is now being called TDE (Trinity desktop environment) after KDE 3.5.10 was abandoned. As part of the dev team i can say that this TDE comes in a 50Mb compressed file! Please also check out the 64bit version where fanthom has packed KDE4 into a 86Mb file. Now that's impressive!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805148374684513117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-22769239387406518542012-07-07T14:03:54.679-07:002012-07-07T14:03:54.679-07:00Hi Darshak, I found Porteus really good! Normally ...Hi Darshak, I found Porteus really good! Normally KDE doesn't run that well on low-resource environment - but this baby runs real fast! Also you get LXDE & XFCE (a diff ISO) alongside. Amazing for sure!Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-90169821029780237862012-07-07T13:58:21.451-07:002012-07-07T13:58:21.451-07:00250 MB? With KDE? ARE THEY SERIOUS?
I mean, even ...250 MB? With KDE? ARE THEY SERIOUS?<br /><br />I mean, even just the kubuntu-desktop package on any _ubuntu costs that much! How can it be so unbelievably small? Linux never ceases to amaze me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com