To all

http://www.linspire.com/

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/

Check these out Linspire should be out soon at Bestbuy,
and Wallmart..............

Dogteams1=Mark

openSUSE 10.2 been using it for a while think its the best.
I've used Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu and always come back to openSUSE.

http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org

I'll keep this short....

I had occasion to try to run ALL of the "active" live cds from Distrowatch....some of them or gorgeous, some are small some are....what the heck....

But...and remember, I'm a Xandros fan...

PCLinuxOS was the ONLY one...to "just get on the net" with wireless.... on a DellCPi, a Dell PII and a Brand New Sony Vaio laptop... with VISTA...yeech.... Business edition... have to have it for a class...

But.... PCLinuxOS just did it...

woodsmoke

Acer Aspire 3003WLCi Notebook with openSUSE 10.2

Wireless works - With Ndiswrapper and bcmwl5.inf windows driver.

Internal Modem works with slmodem-2.9.11-20070427.tar.gz

I'd now go with Klikit.

woodsmoke

SAM is cool,
I've installed it on several donated computers.
woodsmoke

Definitively and without a doubt Custom NimbleX Live CD http://custom.nimblex.net/

It's so innovative in so many aspects and there's so many positive things I could say about NimbleX but I'll refrain and instead refer you to the following review which you can find here: http://www.linux.com/feature/118802.

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Custom NimbleX lives up to its name with do-it-yourself install images
By Bruce Byfield on August 30, 2007 (4:00:00 PM)

Do-it-yourself distributions have made great strides since Linux from Scratch, or even rPath's rBuilder Online. In the last few months, users have even been able to produce custom disk images with such tools as Fedora's Revisor and Ubuntu's Reconstructor. However, one of the most elegant tools to emerge recently is Custom NimbleX, a PHP program that allows you to construct an ISO image in your browser and then download it. Custom NimbleX lacks some polish in the interface, but is so simply and well-designed functionally that it should lead many users to NimbleX itself, the distribution on which it is based.

To judge from its forums, NimbleX has attracted a surprisingly large number of users for such a relatively unknown distribution. It's based on Slackware and includes KDE among its choice of desktops. The distribution can run from a CD, flash drive, or network, yet offers an unexpectedly rapid response time and requires only 128MB of RAM. Its package selection is well-rounded, if sometimes idiosyncratic.

Visitors to the Custom NimbleX URL are met with a minimalist window in the middle of a page, surrounded by ads. A bar graph at the top of the page shows 200MB the image takes up for the basic operating system. You can begin customizing from here. If you make a mistake or change your mind, you can use the Back button to retrace your steps right up to the time you actually produce your ISO image.

On the first screen past the Welcome, you choose the level of customization. If you simply want an image of NimbleX, you can choose Minimal (which refers to the amount of customization, not the size of the image). However, as the instructions in the window point out, that "is probably not the reason you came here." Instead, most users will probably want to choose the Custom install, which provides no guides about what to install, or Recommended, which includes suggested defaults.

If you choose to customize for yourself, you can select categories of programs from the next screen. These categories should be mostly self-explanatory to an intermediate user. The only categories whose names are somewhat puzzling are Libraries and Drivers -- after all, don't most installations require those? However, the secondary list of programs that appears on the right when the cursor rests on a category reveals the intent. Drivers, for instance, refers to drivers for printers and scanners.

Don't worry about not being able to select individual programs. You can do that in the next screen, which also includes brief descriptions of the programs. Compared to Debian or Fedora, the number of packages is limited, but the selection is well-rounded, especially considering the available space. The versions of standard packages such as OpenOffice.org and Firefox are comparable to those of any recent distribution, while the more unusual options, like Xara LX, Wine, or the many games, may sometimes lead you to serendipitous discoveries. As you choose, you can keep your eye on the progress bar at the top of the window to see how much space you have still to fill on the CD.

Once you have chosen the packages, Custom NimbleX leads you through a choice of default wallpaper, KDE sound settings, password and account creation, and languages. Each of these choices has a screen of its own, which leaves plenty of space for detailed explanations where needed, thus avoiding overwhelming relatively inexperienced users.

At the end of these selections, Custom NimbleX displays a summary of your choices, including the dependencies that your choices require. The next page is entitled "the point of no return," and warns that you can only download one ISO image per day. Past this screen, the site creates your ISO image in a matter of minutes, and it remains available for download for six hours before being deleted.

If you have never tried NimbleX, the results when you burn the CD should please you. Expect it to boot in less than half the time that a live CD from Fedora, Ubuntu, or Knoppix takes. The response time when you click items on the menu should also be faster than when using other live CDs.

Custom NimbleX could use some proofreading in the instructions on some screens, and one or two items could be better named. However, these small points are more than countered by the precise and simple language of the instructions in general. Moreover,the finished image is so quick that I'm considering Custom NimbleX for a rescue CD -- after all, when your system is down, speedy boot disks are easier on your nerves. And I will certainly be taking a closer look at NimbleX itself, something that I might not have done if I hadn't been impressed by Custom NimbleX.

This, I can't help thinking when I look at Custom NimbleX, is the kind of innovation that is the whole purpose of a small distro.

Bruce Byfield is a computer journalist who writes regularly for Linux.com and IT Manager's Journal.
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Definitively try out Custom NimbleX Live CD http://custom.nimblex.net/ I know you will love it.

-Dude.

Now THAT is way cool!

woodsmoke

I have to agree - although with all the fancy trimmings, it gets large, fast.

This looks way too cool.
Got to bookmark this one http://custom.nimblex.net/ and try it out later.

Hi Dude,

I had problems getting a first go around with Nimble X to run. The burn was ok, it just didn't want to play well with my Dual Core, hotsy totsy machine....I had included several apps, drivers etc. on it.

However, I then made one with just OO and drivers and it ran very nicely.

thanks for the linky, that is an interesting twist to the "normal" 'nix distros...

woodsmoke

I never got around to downloading mine, much less attempting an install. I'll give it a whirl and see if I get similar results on my not so hotsy totsy P4 3.2 GHz Machine

Kubuntu or Ubuntu

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