Hassel Free Linux

[4play]

it appears mandrake have released a new distro that will boot straight off a cd. this means no partitioning, boot loaders or other hassels including with trying to install linux.

mandrake move (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/mandrakemove/) would be ideal for any user who wants to try linux to have a bit of a play with it before they decide to dive in completely.

knoppix (http://www.knoppix.net/) is also an easy to use no install version.

[shn]

Originally posted by 4play@1 December 2003 - 16:43
it appears mandrake have released a new distro that will boot straight off a cd. this means no partitioning, boot loaders or other hassels including with trying to install linux.

mandrake move (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/mandrakemove/) would be ideal for any user who wants to try linux to have a bit of a play with it before they decide to dive in completely.

knoppix (http://www.knoppix.net/) is also an easy to use no install version.
Good one sh. :D

Wonder if it will be as good as knoppix. Actually knoppix is ok, I wouldnt say its the greatest distro but its damn sure convenient seeing as how no install is required.

Its also good to still have a swap partition reserved on the system just because some programs can take longer to run with thoose linux live cd distros. Having some extra swap space speeds it up a little.

[balamm]

I don't see a lot of difference between mandrake 9.1 and knoppix at all other than the inability to write to a file in knoppix. I guess if I created an ext partition I could write to that and remove mandrake completely ?

[shn]

Originally posted by balamm@1 December 2003 - 20:26
I don't see a lot of difference between mandrake 9.1 and knoppix at all other than the inability to write to a file in knoppix. I guess if I created an ext partition I could write to that and remove mandrake completely ?
Yeah you could.

[4play]

this could use a fat32 drive as a swap drive right :huh:

i wanna test this out on one of my old machines with a small fat32 hdd and i know linux can mount fat32 no problem so i bet these can as well.

[shn]

Originally posted by 4play@1 December 2003 - 20:49
this could use a fat32 drive as a swap drive right :huh:

i wanna test this out on one of my old machines with a small fat32 hdd and i know linux can mount fat32 no problem so i bet these can as well.
yeah it said to use a dos or fat32 partition for the swap.

[dingoBaby]

I played around with Mandrake Move for a little while, earlier. Its actually pretty cool and very easy to use. Perfect for linux noobs to get a taste of the action.