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smartboyathome
July 13th, 2007, 11:26 PM
A new distro - Salocin Linux - has emerged on the scene. It is based on Debian (as seen by the first two alphas). I am wondering if anyone has triend it yet, and if so, what they thought of it. I wish I could try it, but you need a DVD to use it, and my DVD burner is attached to a crashed computer right now (not knowing if it will burn still).

To learn more: http://salocinlinux.org
%hMa@?b<C
July 14th, 2007, 12:37 AM
that gnome theme looks nearly identical to ubuntu studio.
smartboyathome
July 14th, 2007, 12:48 AM
I am using it now, and it is.
yatt
July 14th, 2007, 08:31 PM
A new distro - Salocin Linux - has emerged on the scene. It is based on Debian (as seen by the first two alphas). I am wondering if anyone has triend it yet, and if so, what they thought of it. I wish I could try it, but you need a DVD to use it, and my DVD burner is attached to a crashed computer right now (not knowing if it will burn still).

To learn more: http://salocinlinux.org
It's Debian based? Their progress page (http://salocinlinux.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=2) says that they Slackware based, but with Portage.
smartboyathome
July 14th, 2007, 09:18 PM
That page hasn't been updated yet. It was origionally going to be slackware based, but it was decided that slackware wasn't user-friendly enough, so the next thing in line was Debian.
yatt
July 14th, 2007, 09:29 PM
That page hasn't been updated yet. It was origionally going to be slackware based, but it was decided that slackware wasn't user-friendly enough, so the next thing in line was Debian.
Ah, I see.

What's it like?
Arathorn
July 14th, 2007, 11:50 PM
I'm always sceptical about new distributions. What is this distro's mission? What user does it want to appeal to that isn't covered by any other distribution? Or is it just another set of defaults that could have been added to another mayor distribution without the added confusion?
smartboyathome
July 15th, 2007, 12:48 AM
The mission is to provide a distrobution that is usable by powerusers, Home/Office (or standard) users, as well as Server use.


Ah, I see.

What's it like?

I haven't tried it yet (need a DVD) but if I can put all the items on my HD, I should be able to run it through grub.
%hMa@?b<C
July 15th, 2007, 01:33 AM
why dont you just try a VM through QEMU or something
smartboyathome
July 15th, 2007, 02:59 AM
There is a bug in the alpha releases that prevents it from being used as a VM. The stable release has no GCC, and thus has no programs.