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Has anyone heard off or use this operating system. It is Linux based and that`s about all I know about it.

Brubby.

havn`t heard of it myself but found this on Wikipedia, hope its of some help :)

Edit: you have to remove the reviewer frame

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Have heard of it. A more user friendly distro than some of the others for someone new to Linux (like me). Quite popular and popups on cover discs now and again.

Tried it briefly & quite liked it, had difficulties in getting to mount on a USB HDD.

Worked on main PC at home without issues found the hardware & connected to the net without any configuration issues.

Must dig out the disk & try it again in depth.


I consider myself an optimist, albeit an optimist with cynical tendencies and a dark side that Lucifer himself would find a little creepy. (Perhaps you've noticed.) You don't normally associate cynicism with an upbeat pov. But I have exactly that combination and will defend it.

Haven`t tried this one specifically, but am a fan of Knoppix.
Downloaded the CD & DVD versions from their website and found them so easy to use...just boot from the disc and that`s it.

Its a great start in Linux for anyone that wants to take a look at it.

is it a full-on operating system? what i mean is do you have to format everything and install as with windows, also is is possible to revert back again?

It is fully loaded, but there is a distro that boots from a cd, so you don`t have to install it!



"Just CRAPtacular"

Butters - if you`re referring to Knoppix, then no install required whatsoever.
It loads itself into the computer`s memory. So when you`re finished you just reboot without the disc in and you`re back to Windows.
There is an option to save settings etc. to a memory stick, which you can select when booting if you want to use it regularly (without completely installing that is).

Miles

This is an open source distribution simple free and well almost bullet proof.Some of the linux mags have a free disk on their covers this month some of which can be run as a live demo before partitioning your disk.linux is shortly forcast to be the main competitor to ms your kids will be using this soon.I have tried susie 10.1.. to find out more go to http://distrowatch.com/.

http://osvids.com/blog/video-library-2/

should mention a video demo is available at this site interesting...