Re: New VectorLinux
Pretty good choice and distro. You would find Vector much much faster than Ubuntu or any of the Debian-based distros. The Debian based distros have greater repository or access to packages. Vector linux and Zenwalk are both slack-based. I think you should try both of them first. The newest Vector 5.8 still uses xorg 6.9 if I am not mistaken. This is one limitation for doing xgl related stuff. Soon this would change ofcourse. But in the meantime, I am using Zenwalk 4.0 which is almost as fast as Vector linux, but uses more bleeding edge packages like xorg 7.X.X, etc. I run kde 3.5.5, kernel 2.6.18.1 soon to upgrade via the gui to 2.6.19 as it is already available.
Everything runs faster in Zenwalk and you have the option of using gslapt {same as in Vector} and netpkg {the defacto packager.} On Zenwalk, all packages and their dependencies are well handled. Ubuntu Edgy has gotten crisper also, but Zen has the dge for me since I have an easily working gnome 2.16, kde 3.5.5, beryl going, all sorts of games and developer stuff. Not to mention that one can easily go to linuxpackages.net and download and install packages. Very little to no bloat. And it is very easy to install one app like amarok, without having to install all of kde should you choose not to. This is getting better in Debian though as well. Ubuntu Edgy is making me dabble more and more in Ubuntu. But Zenwalk kicks some serious butt.
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