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freezinbutt · 04-28-2002, 10:45 PM

Well, I think I'd like to jump in here with some comments.

First of all, thanks to MSIuser for the kind words. Much appreciated, and welcome to the world of Linux (the good side).

Let me just say that over the past couple of weeks, I have been on a Linux distro binge. I have downloaded (thanks to broadband) and installed about 5 different distros in that time. Mandrake is my distro of choice personally. Easy to install and chalked full of bells and whistles. I have been running it on two machines here for about the past 2 or 3 months and it does everything I want it to do and more.

For those of you out there who are not blessed with broadband, and the thought of downloading 650+ megs of ISO's turns your stomach, I would highly recommend Peanut Linux. While the installer leaves a little bit to be desired for the newbie, once you get it up and running it is a very nice distro for only about 160 megs of downloading. If you are new to Linux and are affraid of the install, I would encourage you to read a bit about the file system and how Linux views hardware on your computer before you attempt installing Peanut. For a basic GUI installer, it is not all that bad. But compared to Mandrake, the difference is night and day. All-in-all though, I believe it is a good distro for it's compact size. The entire install only takes up about 450 megs of hard drive space. If you have enough RAM, there is no need for a SWAP partition.

Give it a try. If you get stuck, post here. MSIuser and I have become master Peanut installers.

04-28-2002, 10:45 PM	#4
freezinbutt Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 275	Well, I think I'd like to jump in here with some comments. First of all, thanks to MSIuser for the kind words. Much appreciated, and welcome to the world of Linux (the good side). Let me just say that over the past couple of weeks, I have been on a Linux distro binge. I have downloaded (thanks to broadband) and installed about 5 different distros in that time. Mandrake is my distro of choice personally. Easy to install and chalked full of bells and whistles. I have been running it on two machines here for about the past 2 or 3 months and it does everything I want it to do and more. For those of you out there who are not blessed with broadband, and the thought of downloading 650+ megs of ISO's turns your stomach, I would highly recommend Peanut Linux. While the installer leaves a little bit to be desired for the newbie, once you get it up and running it is a very nice distro for only about 160 megs of downloading. If you are new to Linux and are affraid of the install, I would encourage you to read a bit about the file system and how Linux views hardware on your computer before you attempt installing Peanut. For a basic GUI installer, it is not all that bad. But compared to Mandrake, the difference is night and day. All-in-all though, I believe it is a good distro for it's compact size. The entire install only takes up about 450 megs of hard drive space. If you have enough RAM, there is no need for a SWAP partition. Give it a try. If you get stuck, post here. MSIuser and I have become master Peanut installers.