The Linux Thread

[clarissa 10]

Pear and Zorin are actually also forks of Ubuntu, don't you know!

 

Went to download site and you have to make a donation of $10 minimum.

[swarfendor437 14]

Went to download site and you have to make a donation of $10 minimum.

 

Which site?

[clarissa 10]

Which site?

 

The one sterolab linked to.

 

It is okay now I have sussed it. Sorry for the confusion.

Edited August 27, 2013 by clarissa

[swarfendor437 14]

No, they are asking for donations - you download for free by clicking on the 'download for free' link. I downloaded it a while back and was not too keen on it - BodhiLinux looks more appealing from an aesthetic perspective.

[clarissa 10]

No, they are asking for donations - you download for free by clicking on the 'download for free' link. I downloaded it a while back and was not too keen on it - BodhiLinux looks more appealing from an aesthetic perspective.

 

Amended my post now.

[stereolab 10]

Pear and Zorin are actually also forks of Ubuntu, don't you know!

 

yeah it's just odd to me that people would want something that looks like a poor copy of the things they are meant to be an alternative too.

A big part of an OS should be the user interface and experience - Pear and Zorin seem to sacrifice that to be 'lookalikes'

[swarfendor437 14]

Like I have said elsewhere, everyone is entitled to an opinion!

 

I never liked Unity until I tried Diamond II-B but sadly, because it is a remix it does not like my AMD video/audio chipset. In fact it had an additional function not present in Unity - things went wrong after updates - clearly geared to Intel Graphics etc.

 

---------- Post added 07-09-2013 at 13:00 ----------

 

For people who have tried to dual-boot Windows with GNU/Linux and want to restore to Windows 7 only, check out my how-to here:

 

http://www.zoringroup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5341&sid=ad0ebb277724737b0d11894d68c98b0b

[swarfendor437 14]

Just discovered this interesting distro - on cover of latest Linux Format magazine and also available here for download:

 

http://www.lxle.net/

 

Full review at distrowatch here:

 

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20130909#feature

Edited October 20, 2013 by swarfendor43

[me-and-pippo 12]

Just discovered this interesting distro - on cover of latest Linux Format magazine and also available here for download:

 

http://www.lxle.net/

 

Full review at distrowatch here:

 

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20130909#feature

 

Downloaded the LXLE ISO when it was released (end of August), couldn't get it to boot/install from USB

[swarfendor437 14]

Just installed with DVD this pm on an old notebook - took an hour but very quick and responsive. Do you have any machine with GNU/Linux already installed? If you do then MultiSystem has always been the best one for me.

[me-and-pippo 12]

Just installed with DVD this pm on an old notebook - took an hour but very quick and responsive. Do you have any machine with GNU/Linux already installed? If you do then MultiSystem has always been the best one for me.

 

Yes I have 12.4 on a PC, so will give MultiSystem a go,

thanks.

[swarfendor437 14]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - this is the one you want:

 

http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/MultiBoot-Download-55623.html

 

(Not to be confused with the Multisystem.iso which is an OS in itself I believe! - on SourceForge)