[CS-FSLUG] September 2004 Distribution releases

groundhog3000 groundhog3000 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 3 18:45:45 CDT 2004


I have tried it too,

>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.
>
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It is a very, very small version of Mandrake. I have no idea where "text 
maker" comes
from, but it's in there. The selection of games is good.  It is fast and 
looks good.

>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.
>  
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Indeed, I didn't see any of the bugs in my time with it, but it does 
need to complete the
english translation.  It is good for slower machines and very good for 
people who just
need to pop in the CD, get some work done and move on.

Gabe





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