[CS-FSLUG] September 2004 Distribution releases

groundhog3000 groundhog3000 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 3 17:26:41 CDT 2004


Thanks for the advice Nathan,

>Its a smaller version of Mandrake Linux 10.0 with a few welcome changes, 
>notably the software was chosen because it would work faster and use less 
>memory then the usual Mandrake applications, there are even interesting word 
>processor and spreadsheat applications in there that start up significantly 
>faster then OpenOffice.org and possibly even KOffice.
>
>Overall I think its a good distribution, although since its an early release 
>don't expect it to be bug free and completely translated into English, also 
>its a live CD so anyone interested in trying it should check the minimum 
>requirements page and make sure they have enough ram.
>
>One thing I like is the way they use XFCE with a nice setup as their default 
>desktop so the desktop itself is not only good for slower machines but also 
>looks nice.
>  
>
Since I am the resident XFCE user (and it seems that SAM is using XFCE 
CVS), I
have downloaded it and am going to give it a whirl. I do appreciate it's 
well chosen
package selection (it is indeed after my own heart).

More when I 'm done.

Gabe





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