O2h Linux

[kryton9]

I have been on a frenzy of trying different linux distros. I started with ubuntu 10.10. Then my friend said I should try the netbook version, since I am using my eeepc 701.
The 701 or in my case the 4g version is:
7" screen
512 mb ram
4gb solid state drive
windows xp

Windows XP ran great on it.
Anyways, the netbook version ran slow on it.
I then tried xubunu and then lubuntu.
lubuntu runs the quickest of the bunch, but still not as nice as my windows xp.

I am going to try damn small linux next and see how that feels on there.

And as a last step, I am thinking of reinstalling xp back on and running linux programming in one virtual machine
and the server on another virtual machine and see if that all works.

[jcfuller]

I've heard good reports about Puppy: http://puppylinux.com/
I have it runnnig on an old sony laptop duron processor, 128meg ram, 9gig HD.
I have not used it very much so I can't report on it's merits other than it seems faster than any other distro I've tried on this particular machine..

James

[Charles Pegge]

Thanks for the Grub links John. I will leave it well alone until I am feeling more adventurous. I can't afford any down-time if it goes wrong.

I wonder why it is called Grub. Is this a lack of self-esteem amongst the developers?

Charles

[JRS]

I wonder why it is called Grub.

GNU GRUB (or just GRUB) is a boot loader package that supports multiple operating systems on a computer. During boot-up, the user can select the operating system to run. GNU GRUB is based on an earlier multiboot package, GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader). GRUB is most often used on Unix-like systems, including GNU, Linux and Solaris.

Some features of GRUB:

• It can support an unlimited number of boot entries.
• GRUB is dynamically configurable, which means that users can make changes during boot-up.
• GRUB can install to and run from any device, including hard drives, floppy disks, DVDs, CD-ROMs and USB drives.
• It can decompress operating systems before launching them.
• It can load operating systems from various locations, including networks.
• It doesn't need to be re-written each time a configuration file is changed.
• There are implementations that support Windows and DOS.
• The command interface is interactive.