Good CD distro for laptop?

evilmrhenry · 04:02 PM

I am wanting to try out Linux, and am looking for a good distro to use.

I would like:
Booting off CD, not needing to install anything.
Compatibility with laptops/hardware.
Small size; easily fitting onto one CD; ~300Mb max.
Windowing system installed.

The laptop I have is ~500mhz with 64Mb of RAM, and I have access to a CD burner and broadband, although not on this computer.

I looked at the liveCD or whatever it's called, that comes with UT2003 demo, but the size, 700Mb, is too large for me, and I wouldn't be able to run UT2003 anyway.

Large number of apps is not important, as I already have experience with most of the ones ported to Windows. Neither is Internet support, although that would be nice.

Thank you.

lynch · 09-Oct-2002, 06:20 AM #2

You can get SuSE's live evaluation cd from here it's an iso from thier ftp site.
There is also DemoLinux .
HTH
lynch

evilmrhenry · 09-Oct-2002, 07:32 PM #3

Both of those are a bit too big for my taste. However, I do have broadband, so it isn't too bad. Right now I'm downloading the SuSE CD, as none of the DemoLinux mirrors were working.

Right now the download is 19% done, with an estimated 24 hours left. I'll post something once I've tried it.

evilmrhenry · 09-Oct-2002, 07:33 PM #4

Both of those are a bit too big for my taste. However, I do have broadband, so it isn't too bad. Right now I'm downloading the SuSE CD, as none of the DemoLinux mirrors were working.

Right now the download is 19% done, with an estimated 24 hours left. I'll post something once I've tried it.

evilmrhenry · 10-Oct-2002, 02:50 PM #5

My last two posts didn't work too well.

The iso I tried downloading crashed halfway through. I think that downloading a 600Mb file is too much, even on my broadband connection. I looked for another distro, but could not find anything. I may just need to wait until someplace is giving away CDs, or until I have a secondary computer I can use.

lynch · 15-Oct-2002, 06:37 AM #6

You can get Knoppix for a few bucks from Cheapbytes That is apparently the best cd-based distro.Check out this guy's site www.crouse.ws for other cd-based linux disks.Scroll down to the links frame.
lynch

evilmrhenry · 15-Oct-2002, 10:04 PM #7

I would just buy a cheap CD, but I lack a credit card at this time. I might get one in the next few years, but am in no hurry.

On the other hand, I might try grabbing a download manager and using that to compensate for the intermitent interuptions. Don't worry, I'm looking for one that does not include spyware.

lynch · 18-Oct-2002, 06:30 PM #8

You piqued my curiosity about these "Live on CD" linux distros,so I ordered Knoppix from Cheapbytes.
Verdict? It ROCKS. This is soooo cool

If you know sombody that will order it for you,lean on them

I've made copies for a bunch of folks just so they can try it.
lynch

evilmrhenry · 18-Oct-2002, 09:55 PM #9

> If you know sombody that will order it for you, lean on them

Well, Christmas is coming up, and right now I only have a 64Mb RAM stick on my list. I think I'll add a CD to it.

evilmrhenry · 19-Oct-2002, 12:15 AM **#10**

OK. After looking everything over, I will put Knoppix on my Christmas list.

Did you have any problems with ordering from Cheapbytes?

How do I put the [SOLVED] in the post title? Is there a special checkbox somewhere, or do I just edit my first posting.

lynch · 06:36 AM

Have ordered from Cheapbytes several times without a problem.
I think a Mod has to tag these threads.This must be peculiarity of this board,as all the others I'm a member of never ask to close threads when they're solved or resolved

Nor do they tag them when asked by the thread starter.

You may or may not have a PM.Cant tell if this thing works.
lynch

evilmrhenry · 19-Oct-2002, 04:01 PM **#12**

I'm going to edit the first post and so what happens.

KHAYMAN · 05-Nov-2002, 05:32 PM **#13**

Hi Guys,

Im running redHat 8.00 on my Toshiba laptop and it works great. The installation was smooth aswell. Hats off to RedHat.

deh · 08-Nov-2002, 12:27 PM **#14**

Quote:

Originally posted by KHAYMAN:
Hi Guys,

Im running redHat 8.00 on my Toshiba laptop and it works great. The installation was smooth aswell. Hats off to RedHat.

What's your specs? I have an older laptop and when running GUI (KDE) it is especially slow.

KHAYMAN · 25-Nov-2002, 03:21 PM **#15**

Hi deh,

I have a Toshiba satellite 4080XCDT with a Pentium 2, 366 mghz processor and 128 mb ram with a 6g hardrive.

I havent had any problems so far(Touching wood) i use KDE the most and speed wise it seems ok.

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