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My vote is DSL
A Knoppix derivative, only 50M, fits on Business Card size CDR. Same hardware detection capability as Knoppix. Latest version has firefox!! and loads of minimalist apps.
it has about 600Megs (and growing) of loadable apps called MYDSL extensions, which I can be loaded on demand from net/hd/cdrom.
Suitable for old, low ram computer, lowest spec I know is 486DX25 32M, although I read success on SX version which I take with a grain of salt. On Athlon XP2800, takes about 1.5 minutes to boot, scan/configure all hw, dhcp over wireless, load X with1024x768 24b, load firefox, google, cold shutdown. My usoft XP is still loading in 90sec
The main reason I use it on my thinkpad is I run it entirely off ram, with cdrom and hardisk unmounted, connected to fileserver via samba, compute servers via vnc; 100% no moving parts. I challenged colleagues notebook shake test; ie we shake each others notebook to heart content till something break.. no takers yet, I have smart colleagues. I have good reason to be paranoid about hardisk crashing my R31, T41, T41p, T42 all crashed on me even with IBMs hd protection software on. what can i say, I am brutal to my laptop.
no i dont work for DSL. Os used, usoft, rh, slack, debian, knoppix, vax, vms, solaris, hpux, sunos, ultrix, slax, tomrtbt, mandrake, suse, peanut, yellowdog, morphix, lindows.
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Regarding STUX Live CD:
Downloaded at 88KB/s in 2 hours.
Burned to CD in 6min approx.
First install very bad display...extremely small task bar. Rebooted.
STUX loads auto after 30 secs. Many attempts to load failed if I used ENTER to reduce the load time.
When STUX is left to load auto, display size is normal. Click on STUX in apps list to display STUX window where the internet can be established with dhcp or fixed IP.
Display gui is kde and multimedia includes xmms, kaboodle and xine. Five or six editors provided.
Background is black. STUX logo appears in right center but toward the bottom.
I experienced variable loading performance with STUX...some attempts "hung". This may be due to
my media CD (GQ). I can try a different brand later on.
There are no cheatcodes for this install...boot prompt is skipped.
On my athlon 1900+ the loading took 2mins to desktop KDE.
STUX provides a mixer select at initial desktop and recognized my SIIG USBSoundwave external audio device which performed well.
Many icons are provided in the taskbar automatically.
Access to disc drives is enabled in KDE as usual.
Should a new burn on better media stabilize the loading of STUX, I feel it is a snappy distro and worthy of an inspect.
I have arch linux, knoppix LiveCD, Knoppix LiveDVD, Helix LiveCD, PCLinuxOSLiveCD,SFS-KNOPPIX LiveCD(20MB) and now STUX.
This post describes my experiment with the STUX Live CD.
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More info on STUX.....
I still have problems in loading stux...performance on boot varies very much.
When I do get up and running I found the following:
I can play a .wav file in XMMS or kaboodle or noatun while listening to it on USB audio device say with headphones or an amp with speakers.
At the same time, I can run a video file through XINE and listen to its sound on the normal speakers channel, cmipci.
Thus, there are two separate audio channels available. The PCI channel is alsa mixed.
I am unaware of controls for the USB channel. Perhaps there are experts out there who have the answer!!!! What mixer is available other than alsa?
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My live cd review
If your have trouble with Stux you can visit there forum and post there for answers. I have ran Stux on 6 different PC's and my laptop with no problems. I currently have it installed on one of the PC's. Here is a partial list of Live CD's I have reviewed. This is a very rough review.
liveCD Review
To set video drivers
knoppix xmodule=nvidia,i810,ati
nvidia doesn't work on knoppix only
morphix
Suse-9.2
ok for internet
very slow boot
Network ok
Very few games
Konqueror
KDE
Kaffiene , NO DVD, KDEtv
JRE only
No wine
Lindows-
very slow boot
Samba ok
very good samba
mplayer
KDE
Knoppix 3.6
best overall, except for trouble
saving and modifing files
for samba uses konqueror
Samba, OK
Development tools
xine nav errors
java hotspot, jre, gcj-3.3
no kbounce
wine
both i810drivers and ati drivers
work
chromimum works
Open office 1.1 sun version
Slax 4.1.4
Also very good
fast boot
type gui for Xwindow =KDE
Konqueror Web Browser
Samba use Konqueror type
Kbounce is fun game
no java, no dvd player
Pollix
Features Java programming
development
Internet ok mozilla
Samba OK
requires work
USB have to mount
XFce xWindow has better features
use xfsamba by using xftree
>tools>browse smb network
Scite
no DVD player
no wine
only a couple of games
Mepis
KDE
mozilla
kate,zile,kwrite ,xedit
xine not working
jre only
no wine
Mandrake Move
enter information on boot
Samba, Not much
Harddrive ok
very fast on new cal-lab computer
Tuxracer,frozen bubble,
totem player
KDE Desktop
I think it loads to ram by itself
no java
no wine
PCLinuxOS = blah
Boottime seems extremely long
KDE 3.2.3
looks like Knoppix and Mandrake
USB ok, but slow mounted at
Lin Neighborhood ok
FireFox .8
lots of games and such
Konquerer crashes a lot
Kbounce
Kate, kwrite, Quanta plus
Some education programs and
finances programs
Xine, mplayer, kmplayer, tvtime,
Kaffeine
Mplayer worked had to change
input device to cdrom
Xine didn't work
No wine
Jre only
Morphix
KDE
No java
Wine
Konqueror and Mozilla
Kbounce and tuxracer
No DVD
Kate, kwrite, nano
had to take extra steps to get firefly
going.
Morphix(Gamer)
IceWm (Windows manager)
Firebird browser 0.6.1
doom
broom(doom)
Enemy Territory
i810drivers not working
neither are ati drivers
Nano editor
To ram didn't work,not enough memory
no wine
AquaMorphix
Xfce xWindow
Java Development sdk
turn volume on line down
xine and gxine drives not mounted
Anjuta IDE works
floppy not mnting
no wine
Happy Puppy
Simple micro distribution
add to configure network to make it
work
firefox, dillo
beaver editor
no wine
no java
ogle DVD player, works
Ubuntu
Morphix based
Gnome desktop
firefox
good samba
lacking in the USB department
totem dvd crashed
no good editor
no java
no wine
MiniKazit
xfce desktop
good volume control
mozilla firefox 9.1
zile, katoob
dosbox
no wine
no java
Al mug
no boot
Linux Area Security
fluxbox desktop
Nedit, nVi, zile
firefox
no java ,no dvd
no wine
BCCD Live cd
have to configure stuff
root letmein
startx
emacs, pico, nano, nedit
no wine
Firebird
no java
Firebird
Freebsd
crashed
Beernix
Firebird
fluxbox desktop
mplayer no sound
java support no swing probably
Vim, joe, nedit
No wine
Operator linux
cool desktop KDE (wallpaper)
kate, kwrite
firefox
xsmb browser
no dvd
jre only
no volume control
wine
Stux (the King of Live CD's)
boot= stux xauto
java sdk
Xine dvd player, Works
click dvd on start panel and
choose device
problems with floppy drive, have
to add to
fstab ( /dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 ) also
create
directory in mnt fd0.
USB have to add to fstab and mnt
directory
videolan
kedit,kwrite,kate,Vi, xedit,gedit
has an external menu for
something(adding modules)
adding modules works
Kbounce
mozilla, no tab pops up
slackware based
math formula editor
no wine
ati drivers loaded
Open office Ximian Edition
Freeduc
XFce desktop
calvin and penquin
math and science programs
electonics and technical drawing
geography
Mplayer have to change setting to
/dev/cdrom have to mute line in
using Mixing table
Mozilla 1.4
Scite
no java
a lot of math apps, grapher
xfsamba works like a champ
no wine
Gentoo
Didn't like this one.
Gobolinux
no boot
Archlinux
no boot
tries to install
Xfld
xfce desktop
Xine nav error
Kwrite, kate, Vi improved, gedit
Kbounce
Konqeuror and mozilla
Wine
Qcad
JRE only
Debian np
Firebird
gnome desktop
morphix based
xine crashed
no java
office orientation
wine
Star linux
mandrake based
kde desktop
firefox
no java
not much of anything
no wine
Zerahstar
Didn't like this one
Userlinux
gnome
morphix based
cd and dvd perferences totem dvd
didn't work
no java
mozilla
bluefish,nano,
wine, not able to find config
Firelinux
forensics
has jre and sdk
didn't mount drives
not much other than forensics
wine
mozilla
pico-nano
Yoper cd2
tries to install
Vigyaan
knoppix based
bio-chemical
kmixer not working , use aumix
java ok,use kate editor
no swing
firefox .8
no wine
emacs, kate, kwrite
no kbounce
no dvd
Gnoppix
no boot
Gnustep
morphix based
emacs, joe, mano,
emulators dosbox
dillo
xawtv
no wine
no java
Cool linux
mplayer works but sound is
borked
xine works, VNC
WMice desktop
3 boot prompts to configure
opera, mozilla
no web
has a lot of video editing and TV
apps
Qcad
Tuxracer, Tetris, billiards SPEED IS
GOOD ON TUX!! Oops crashed
Emacs,
Java = Just in time
VMware
Choose knerl on boot
Cinelerra video editor
DVD ripper
no wine
Basilisk
linux4all
RedHat based
normal boot very long boot time
user=english password =livecd
kde desktop
konqueror
mozilla
network not runnin, have to
configure it
mplayer
line in not making noise
no java
NO wine
Berrylinux
tiawan
firefox
mplayer couldn't load
mozilla
xine, mplayer
no java
no wine
Dynebolic
mplayer command line sucks
no java
fast boot
xawtv, VNC
cinelerra and more video editing
ted, Vim, bluefish
firebird
xfsamba
no java
no wine
Kanotix 9
firefox
scite,jed, kwrite , kate
floppy works
no java
xine crashed
Knoppix/Debian
wine
Samba good
Only two games
K3b cd burning
Kanotix 7/04
jre only
video lan client
xine error reading dvd
wine
Edumorphix
firebird
no web
gnome desktop
xine crashed
no java
algebra, astronomy, Chemistry,
computer,electronics,
geography, Geometry, graphs,
has some games, no kbounce
emacs,gedit,xedit
wine
Kinneret
Arabic
choose bottom radio button for
english
click next igree next automatic
long boot time
kde desktop
firefox
kate
Kbounce
Kplayer
No wine
No java
Eduknoppix
Italian
emac and kate
kde desktop
mozilla
xine crashed nav errors
java jre only
USB excellent
Chromium, Kbounce
Lots of math and science programs
wine
Elearnix
gnome desktop
firefox
gxine worked had to change
preferences
to cdrom
Mplayer
jre only
Frozen bubble and Breakout
No wine
jollix
german
kde
java ok
xine crashed mplayer
KDE
USB excellent
Virtual linux
mandrake based
KDE desktop
mozilla
Java Kjc just-in-time, transvirtual
Technology
Chromium,
Xawtv, no DVD
Kate, emacs
No wine
Quantian, scientific
Cluster Knoppix based
jed, kate, emacs, kwrite
KDE
no mozilla , java, or dvd player
USB excellent
Konqueror
A few science programs
AleTV
K3b cd burning
No wine
Cluster knoppix
KDE desktop
joe, kate, kwrite
mozilla
xine, nav packet error
jre and gcj , need path to
language
KDE desktop
joe, kate, kwrite
mozilla
x cd roast
xine crashed
java ok
wine
chromimum, kbounce
xawtv
Snarl crashed
sputnik
weird
use alt-f2 to get a console
login as root no password
type runx ( didn't work)
Mulinux
Not much
Long boot process
Requires configuration
Gpul (Basado en Knoppix)
Spanish
USB excellent
Kate, kwrite,Joe, vim
Mozilla, Konqueror
KDE
x-cd-roast
only a couple games, no kbounce
No DVD, no TV
Jre and SDK
No wine
Feather linux
Several config prompts
Scite, ted,zile, emacs
Dillo Web browser is ok
DVD Mplayer works!!
Xfce desktop
No java, option to install jre
No wine
Knoppix MIB
Spanish
KDE
Konqueror, mozilla
Samba no,
USB configure
Lots of games Kbounce
chromimum
Xine, Videolan client
Wine
JRE and gcj might not have swing
Knoppix Sleuth
KDE
Kate, kwrite ,zile and more
Chromium and kbounce and
others
Konqueror, mozilla
Samba had to enter user name
and password
Xine, VideoLan , xawtv
K3b cd burning
Jre and Blackdown sdk
USB ok
Wine
Bristol
Has trom installed, for making
morphix deveriatives
Kwrite,kate, nano
Samba ok
Has video editing suite
Cinelerrra
No dvd
Jre only
KDE and other windows managers
No wine
Slavix
Firefox
Kbounce
Xine didn't work
Quick launch bar hides
Jre only
Linux Bitdefender
KDE
Knoppix based
No wine
Jre only
Konqueror, mozilla
Xine
K3b
Kate, kwrite
No kbounce very few games
OLG linux
Opengroupware linux
KDE
German
No wine
Java-blackdown jre no sdk
No DVD
Mozilla
Galaga, no kbounce
Adios
12qwaszx
KDE 3.1
Kate, kwrite, emacs
Scientific calculator
Kbounce,
Firefox .8
No java
No DVD
No wine
Damn Small Linux
Dillo
Scite, nano,
VNC viewer
TuxNES games
No java
No wine
No dvd
Knoppix for Kids
KDE
Java - blackdown JRE only
No wine
Kate, kwrite
A lot or games
Xine, xawtv
Konqeuror, mozilla
Movix
Mplayer
Needs work
Lonix
Spanish
Login: root password: lonix
No Xwindows
KnoppMyth
JRE only
Myth did not work
My Morphix with Q3A Demo
KDE
Kwrite, kate, Nano
Kbounce, tuxracer
Wine
To get to q3ademo
/usr/local/games
No java
No DVD
i810drivers didn't work on IBM
no sound on IBM
Phlak
Xfce desktop
Morphix based
Wine
Dillo
Mplayer works!!
No java
Can't find mixer to mute line in
Gedit,nano
Firebird
Luit
Used to ram
Dillo
Xfce desktop
Gnotepad, zile, nVi
x-mines, x-pacman
no dvd
no wine
no java
Julex
Knoppix based
Small
Scite
Firefox
Alsa mixer broken
Samba broken
Sam
Gnome desktop
Pol and ong's
Knoppix based 3.4
tons of games
KDE desktop
remastered Parallel Knoppix
i810 drivers work on IBM
ati drivers work
nvidia does not work
nv lacks acceleratoration
couldn't login to web site because
not accepting cookies
no wine
Demo linux
Byzantine
weird
mozilla desktop
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A bit more descriptions of apps I use for DamnSmallLinux version 0.8.4:
bundled in the 50meg iso;
Xpdf: PDF viewer
Pathetic Writer: word processor
Siag: Spreadsheet (reads xls)
xmms: media player mp3,mpg
xZGV: graphic viewer
VNCviewer
axFTP: FTP client
cdburn: cd burner
rdesktop: windows NT terminal server
naim:aim,icq,irc client
sylpheed: email client
xpaint: graphic editing
ssh server and client
dhcp client
monkey web server
dillo: minimalist graphical web brower
A few hundred megs of extensions (loadable apps); these are the ones I use often:
samba client: mounts network fileservers
firefox: full featured web browser
centrino wireless lan: hacked
xine: dvd viewer
+ supplimentary codecs... allows me to view everything and anything I want to view
mplayer
bittorrent
lotsa games: notable once doom, doom2, xmahjong
xchat
OPENOFFICE: office suites
java
flash
php
python
xmame: games emulator
xsnes: super nintendo entertaiment system emulator
airsnort: you dont want to know
synaptic
gimp: graphic manipulation
audicity: audio editor
vnc server
ymess: yahoo messenger
amsn: msn messenger
qcad
gcc: if you have to ask, dont
opera
no wine .... yet
nmap: security scanner
nessus: network security
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Business-card sized live CD - DAMN SMALL LINUX - is the No. 1!
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Re: STUX.
Booting this Live CD on my computer gives widely varying failures.
I even lose my archlinux display resolution after trying STUX.
After ten or more trys, it finally does reach KDE.
Often, cloop errors during boot tries.
I suspect I will have to wait for an upgraded version with my AGP card Radeon8500LE.
The STUX CD caused the display to shut down upon reaching desktop install...several times.
The boot ends up in command line with no X or KDE on many tries.
I guess its not ready for prime time!
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Stux and Radeon
You are probably already doing so, but just in case you miss this boot cheat. Type stux xauto at boot time. I have a Ati all-in-wonder 9800 pro on one of my systems and X-window will not work if I try to use the Radeon module with Stux. I use stux xauto at boot and let Stux pick out the video driver module.
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Bodhi;
Thanks for the info.
I don't have the opportunity to insert the boot cheat codes because the boot-up skips past it in milliseconds and holds the STUX display for 30 seconds before continuing with the boot sequence.
The program followed suggests that the time provided for boot cheat code entries is not programmed correctly.
I have much difficulty with using STUX.
As I understand the system, it reads my HDD to determine the parameters it should load. Therein lies some areas wherein the later kernels rearrange data storage and its formatting and these may affect the STUX boot-up.
I am as I said, not able to use boot cheat codes. I would enjoy having ..toram... in STUX if I could get it to load correctly every time.
I don't have a clue as to how many cheat codes are available from the Knoppix list in STUX.
I do appreciate the dual audio capability...USB and PCI and would love to get all setup in ...toram...mode. I have 3GB of ram.
Can't enter ..toram... to find out!!!!
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Which ones have thier own installer program that you can run to install to hd if you want? I know knoppix and kanotix do.
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