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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: "T.J.T van Kooten" <thomas@-nospam-worldonline.nl>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 01:13:24 +0200
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David Cantrell <usenet-20010705@barnyard.co.uk> wrote in message >
> I've been using and sysadminning Linux for the past few years, and
> none of the distributions I've tried have been sufficiently
> idiot-proof to put in a consumer device*. However, that doesn't mean
> that one couldn't be created.
>
I've tested various distro's and for the moment Suse 7.2 comes close to your
ideal. The graphical setup interface is top notch. You do need a decent
system to run it though, but there are plenty of other distro's for lower
end systems out there. The SuSE 7.2 evaluation can be completely run from
CD-ROM with some settings and some memory swap space (not necassary if you
+170MB RAM) stored on your HD. This distro really is plug and play. It can
detect most of the components (sound, network, video, modem etc..) and set
them up correctly. If your card isn't detected automatically you just select
it from the list. (I had to select my old SB16 ISA card this way) and just
fill in the settings for FM, MIDI, IRQ that sort of thing.
In the end you get a perfect configured Linux system thats idiot proof. No
hassle, no danger of messing up your HD. Just boot the CD for a test run.
Try downloading a version to see for yourself from www.suse.com
I've been experimenting with Linux for two years now and SuSE 7.2 (and
Mandrake?) is the best idiot proof version I've seen. Anyone reading should
try it, it's that good.
Cheers,
Thomas