FX Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 I haven't tried it yet. I just found it at another board before I had to go to work. I wanted to post it in here cause I didn't know how many other people belong to "talk-talk" http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 This is more suited to Everything Linux. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 (edited) We found 7 perfect match(es): 1/ Debian 2/ Ubuntu 3/ Kubuntu 4/ MEPIS 5/ Fedora 6/ Gentoo 7/ Slackware In addition, we found these matches, sorted by how well they match: 8/ Mandriva 9/ Desktop/LX (Lycoris) not so bad ... Edited May 21, 2005 by theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 We found these matches, sorted by how well they match: Desktop/LX ( http://www.lycoris.com/ ) Failed these criterias: Only a demo version is free Desktop/LX is an operating system designed with your ease of use in mind. Desktop/LX loads ready for Internet access, office productivity, multimedia, entertainment, and more. MEPIS MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more. Visit MEPIS at: http://www.mepis.org/ Failed these criterias: Does not have one-click installable applications Mandriva Mandriva Linux, formerly known as Mandrake Linux, is a friendly Linux Operating System which specializes in ease-of-use for both servers and the home/office. It is freely available in many languages throughout the world. Visit Mandriva at: http://www.mandrivalinux.org/ Failed these criterias: Does not have one-click installable applications Only a demo version is free Urpmi is one click. Mandriva 2005LE isn't a demo but it's free. Stupid test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux_learner Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 pretty much nailed me. We found 2 perfect match(es): MEPIS ( http://www.mepis.org/ ) MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more. SuSE ( http://www.suselinux.com/ ) SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3 includes all of the latest desktop productivity tools to help you with your most common home computing tasks. Whether it's instant messaging and commmunicating with friends, creating and designing graphics, or organizing digital picture and music files, you'll find what you need on our easy-to-use desktop. And to make finding things even easier, we've included a preview of the latest Linux desktop search technology: Beagle* the powerful new open source search engine that puts all of the content in your personal information space at your fingertips. Plus, powerful tools for spam blocking and virus scanning are built right in. i run suse 9.3 it also said: mandriva (i've run mandrake before and like it quite a bit, it;d be my second choice. and yes i know you can get it for free) desktop lx ( tried this before, and it failed miserably. i couldnt do things like compile software. apparently they dont include make, and gcc and such). yellowdog (never tried it) fedora core ( technically i have never tried fedora core, but i have tried redhat. i dont like the way redhat configures things. so i dont imagine i'd like fedora core either). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowe Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Debian ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Debian GNU/Linux is a particular distribution of the Linux operating system, and numerous packages that run on it. Debian includes more than 8250 software packages at present. Users can select which packages to install; Debian provides a tool for this purpose. You can find a list and descriptions of the packages currently available in Debian at any of the Debian mirror sites. Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ ) Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. Ubuntu includes more than 1,000 pieces of software, starting with the Linux kernel version 2.6 and Gnome 2.10, and covering every standard desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to internet access applications, web server software, email software, programming languages and tools and of course several games. Fedora ( http://fedora.redhat.com/ ) The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Gentoo ( http://www.gentoo.org/ ) Gentoo Linux is a special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. Slackware ( http://slackware.org/ ) Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. That's funny, the only one i haven't tried there is Gentoo (Because i can't install it T.T) Debian has came the closest to my needs, fedora would of been a good choice for me but it's lack of multimedia apps kills it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted May 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Ok now that I've had time to do it, here is what it came up with. This was for my laptop and running wireless. Not sure if it would be too much different from my desktop. Debian ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Debian GNU/Linux is a particular distribution of the Linux operating system, and numerous packages that run on it. Debian includes more than 8250 software packages at present. Users can select which packages to install; Debian provides a tool for this purpose. You can find a list and descriptions of the packages currently available in Debian at any of the Debian mirror sites. Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ ) Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. Ubuntu includes more than 1,000 pieces of software, starting with the Linux kernel version 2.6 and Gnome 2.10, and covering every standard desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to internet access applications, web server software, email software, programming languages and tools and of course several games. Kubuntu ( http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ ) Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. Ubuntu includes more than 1,000 pieces of software, starting with the Linux kernel version 2.6 and Gnome 2.10, and covering every standard desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to internet access applications, web server software, email software, programming languages and tools and of course several games. MEPIS ( http://www.mepis.org/ ) MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more. Gentoo ( http://www.gentoo.org/ ) Gentoo Linux is a special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. Slackware ( http://slackware.org/ ) Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adriano1 Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 I've already mailed them on the inaccuracies describing mandriva. I know this is a beta, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 rpmdrake isn't one click, you need at least two (a tick, then the install button). Mind you, I can't think of a single installer that truly _is_ one-click. Anyone? It seems a rather bad way of phrasing the concept of 'easy installation of packages', ruling out far too many distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted May 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Windows isn't even one click. You have to click on a browser. Click on the link to the site you want to dowload the app from. Click on the link to download it, Click on the icon for the installer on your desktop. or click a couple more times to get the folder you downloaded it too. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 ok ... 'one click install' is .rpm (urpmi, mcc), .deb (apt-get), ... or .exe (wazaa!? lol) to me ... the opposite is a tar.gz file for exemple, then from source, from scratch ... (./configure, make, make install, make test, ... with flags and another geeky things) it's a beta version and our contribution should be cool for them. also, it's a little mistake to say that Mandriva is available as a demo version. There is a free version and a commercial package. That's it. Demos are for the Windowb world ... (the other world, you know?). Just my 2 cents (to communicate to the team of this cool wizard). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 1 - Kubuntu 2 - Linspire 3 - Gentoo 4 - Slackware 5 - Mepis 6 - Suse 7 - Yellowdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 It won't let me past the second question in the questions to determine my computer knowledge to tailor the questions to my needs. But that could be because I'm urpmi'ing to Cooker ATM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Found 4 perfect matches 1. 2. :ubuntu: 3. 4. In addition The funny thing, I choose x86_64, It said fedora failed the 64 bit test Ok, wonder why I use it :P Not only that, but Slackware doesn't have a 64 bit port, Out of all of those, I would only use Fedora or Gentoo on 64. Slackware for obvious reasons(doesn't support it) And Deb/Ubuntu non use of multilib, pretty much sucks + they stay a little to slow for me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 MEPIS MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more. Visit MEPIS at: http://www.mepis.org/ Failed these criterias: Does not have one-click installable applications This doesn't make sense to me. If you click on a .deb file, Mepis automatically opens up Kpackage, to which it lets you choose whether you want to install it or test it (simulate install). So maybe that's two clicks. So what? Is it that big a deal to those guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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