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[PegMonster]

You're welcome


Just keep in mind that they are not Ubuntu, so you will have to learn how to do things differently.

PegMonster

[zmjjmz]

I've tried GoblinX and Wolvix, both were pretty awesome.

[cardinals_fan]

SLAX is total win. Install it and slapt-get, then sync with the 12.1 repos.

Wolvix looked nice, but never booted for me. Vector is solid. Zenwalk has had a few rough spots lately, but is still a great distro.

[adobrakic]

SLAX is total win. Install it and slapt-get, then sync with the 12.1 repos.

Wolvix looked nice, but never booted for me. Vector is solid. Zenwalk has had a few rough spots lately, but is still a great distro.

I'm downloading it now, and burning the iso image to a CD for installation.

Before I do that though, how do i synch with the 12.1 repos?

[PegMonster]

I can't help you with that one, but I would install slapt-get (and gslapt if you want a gui front end, similar to synaptic) and read the manuals.

Gslapt should have some drop down menus with help files, I would think.

It may even give you a selction of mirrors to chose from, like synaptic does.
I'm only guessing though.

You might as well have a crack at it, I don't think you will break your system, as long as you follow the instructions.


PegMonster

[wolfen69]

Debian Stable is virtual bug free, but you might have to configure some things to work properly.

amen. stable as a rock, but not the latest and greatest. and more configuring involved. a second mention goes to mandriva one. great kde based distro.

[cardinals_fan]

I'm downloading it now, and burning the iso image to a CD for installation.

Before I do that though, how do i synch with the 12.1 repos?

Install the slapt-get and gnupg packages manually. Then type "slapt-get -u" and, when it's done, "slapt-get -i *package*" and "slapt-get --upgrade" to upgrade packages.

As far as installing SLAX, follow the instructions quoted below (from the SLAX forums):

Hmmm my fault, the Slax installer isn't in Slax6, I put it back into mine version. I've uploaded it here :

http://backtrack.serveftp.com/backtr...6-install.kmdr

Its a kmdr script, so download it to where you want, say /usr/share/slax/, then run it using the following :

/usr/bin/kmdr-executor /usr/share/slax/slax6-install.kmdr

Ignore the portion on the "live" version install, use the "real" version install.

NOTE: Make absolutely certain that you wipe and create a new partition for SLAX, because the installer won't do that for you (it'll happily install inside another distro, mixing the two and making a mess). Cfdisk is included on the CD.

Technically, Slackware is better for installation (it's actually made to install, while SLAX is designed as a live CD). However, going the SLAX route requires far less downloading and jump-starts you with a fully functional system right off the bat. It provides a genuine Slackware system with a bit less work. Just remember that it was designed as a live CD first, installed OS second.

[init1]

Is there another OS you guys would recommended? I'm sick of dealing with bugs on ubuntu every time I log in. Okay, well not EVERY time, but it's still a nuisance.

Perhaps downloading the previous version of Ubuntu may be better, since it's been out for a long time.

Any ideas?

Yeah I have the same problem. Debian Etch is extremely stable and reliable though. However, Lenny should be coming out in a few weeks so maybe you should wait for that

[philinux]

I like Ubuntu, it's just it has a lot of little bugs that **** me off. I like the repository, gui, memory usage, etc. Just the little things really bother me.

In the meantime before you switch, what exactly are the little bugs?

[adobrakic]

- My firefox randomly closes on pages with flash on it
- streaming videos is extremely slow / lags in full-screen
- keyboard doesn't always get recognized and i have to restart the computer so i can even use it
- can't get surround sound to work (although i doubt i'm going to get it to work with any other distro)
- firefox also sometimes closes when i try to make streaming videos full-screen

and basically i get a bug that i have to workout like once a week. i mean, i get it fixed and everything, but it's just annoying. also, i'm sure there's some that I forgot that will come up sooner or later

for example yesterday i couldn't download/install/uninstall anything because of some file that messed something up while i was uninstalling kde, there was a bug report on it and a fix available, luckily. and then last week everytime I tried playing something in XMMS, it said that the device was already being used and that i should choose a different output plugin or something. i was annoyed so i just clicked a bunch of stuff and fixed it, even though i dont really want it to be like that.. but i'm not as savvy with linux as i am with windows so i can't tell what the problem was.