Comments on: A Complete Linux OS in 25 Megabytes? No Way! SliTaz Review http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/ Linux, opensource and me Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pax http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Pax Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:23:17 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/#comment-2453 I'm using it now via VirtualBox and it runs like the wind. Plenty of memory and resources left for XP (1gb system) - so I can keep working with this all day. Few distros running in virtualization would allow me to keep them on standby like this. I'm getting full performance from both OSes. As an fyi (and for those wanting to test this b4 installing)... was not able to get this running on Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 and QEMU required way too much in terms of resources. VirtualBox on XP - a great combo. What's interesting about this OS vs all the others I've been looking at lately is that it makes me want to learn Linux. Reminds me a bit of my first DOS system and staring at the command line for the first time and thinking, ok... what's next? After looking at so many distros over the years, I'm finally excited about one. You have enough to get started via the GUI but alot of tasks need to be done via the CLI. What is available via the GUI really does a great job in preparing you for the command line. Since there aren't many packages installed (what is installed are great, low-resources packages) - I was able to get a pretty good sense of the system in about 30 minutes. I learned more about Themes, Packages, viewing processes and a few other things in the first few minutes than I have on other larger distros just because of the way this system is put together. Despite the raves this OS is receiving, few sites even mention that a server is running with PHP installed. It even has a Wiki available via localhost. There's DB support through ListPatron and SQLite. Good slection of filemanagers and a bunch of utilities for burning ISOs, creating your own mix, etc... There's a nice text-based package manager shell with clear instructions on handling local and mirror packages. Not many, I'm afraid - but like I said... this OS really makes me want to learn Linux so I'm on the hunt to figure out how it works and see if there's a way to get packages from another distro. Hackerish, command-line fans as well as technically oriented folks from all OSes should take a look at this system. It accomplishes so much for such a modern OS in such a small size - this alone makes it worth a look. Cheers, Pax. I’m using it now via VirtualBox and it runs like the wind. Plenty of memory and resources left for XP (1gb system) – so I can keep working with this all day.

Few distros running in virtualization would allow me to keep them on standby like this. I’m getting full performance from both OSes.

As an fyi (and for those wanting to test this b4 installing)… was not able to get this running on Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007 and QEMU required way too much in terms of resources. VirtualBox on XP – a great combo.

What’s interesting about this OS vs all the others I’ve been looking at lately is that it makes me want to learn Linux. Reminds me a bit of my first DOS system and staring at the command line for the first time and thinking, ok… what’s next? After looking at so many distros over the years, I’m finally excited about one.

You have enough to get started via the GUI but alot of tasks need to be done via the CLI. What is available via the GUI really does a great job in preparing you for the command line. Since there aren’t many packages installed (what is installed are great, low-resources packages) – I was able to get a pretty good sense of the system in about 30 minutes. I learned more about Themes, Packages, viewing processes and a few other things in the first few minutes than I have on other larger distros just because of the way this system is put together.

Despite the raves this OS is receiving, few sites even mention that a server is running with PHP installed. It even has a Wiki available via localhost. There’s DB support through ListPatron and SQLite. Good slection of filemanagers and a bunch of utilities for burning ISOs, creating your own mix, etc…

There’s a nice text-based package manager shell with clear instructions on handling local and mirror packages. Not many, I’m afraid – but like I said… this OS really makes me want to learn Linux so I’m on the hunt to figure out how it works and see if there’s a way to get packages from another distro.

Hackerish, command-line fans as well as technically oriented folks from all OSes should take a look at this system. It accomplishes so much for such a modern OS in such a small size – this alone makes it worth a look.

Cheers, Pax.

]]> By: Stone3408 http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 Stone3408 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:48:51 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/#comment-1548 This is a great distro. It runs like a dream on an old dell latitude. So well in fact that I installed it to the hard drive. In a meeting I had my old machine with Siltaz and a friend their new $1500 laptop sporting windows vista. I could surf the net twice as fast as he could. While it is not designed to compete with any full fleged OS (windows, linux, or others)it can make that old computer that you have been using as a door stop live again. It now serves as an internet browser at my house. Very cool. This is a great distro. It runs like a dream on an old dell latitude. So well in fact that I installed it to the hard drive. In a meeting I had my old machine with Siltaz and a friend their new $1500 laptop sporting windows vista. I could surf the net twice as fast as he could. While it is not designed to compete with any full fleged OS (windows, linux, or others)it can make that old computer that you have been using as a door stop live again. It now serves as an internet browser at my house. Very cool.

]]> By: Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér (mjjzf) http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér (mjjzf) Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:40:24 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/#comment-1236 Slitaz really _is_ impressive. Good thing that you reminded me - I think I'll make a little review of it for one of the Danish sites. Slitaz really _is_ impressive. Good thing that you reminded me – I think I’ll make a little review of it for one of the Danish sites.

]]> By: Freelance php developer Egypt http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Freelance php developer Egypt Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:36:53 +0000 http://www.internetling.com/2008/04/06/a-complete-linux-os-in-25-megabytes-no-way-slitaz-review/#comment-514 Thanks for the news, i love linux and open source news. Best regards. And please keep us informed with the latest news. Thanks for the news, i love linux and open source news. Best regards. And please keep us informed with the latest news.

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