On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 16:01 +0100, m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> Quoting Rik <hlug090104@???>:
>
> >
> > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 15:26 +0100, trotter wrote:
> > > At 23:31 18/04/2009, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > > [1] http://www.tinycorelinux.com/
> > > >
> > > >nice one, will.
> > > >
> > > >i love the idea of having a basic installation then choosing which
> > > >apps you require... i don't need 3 web browsers, 7 email clients and
> > > >19 text editors.
> > > >
> > > >in fact, i like this idea so much, i've registered on the forum and
> > > >hope to donate some time and energy into helping this project.
> > >
> > >
> > > Suprising that we haven't had popular distros doing this.
> > > With broadband not being available to some people and BB being
> > > flaky enough that sometimes a corrupt ISO is downloaded.
> > >
> > > Theres also how long it takes for a dvd ISO to download with 4 Mb
> > > connection I tend to look for cd based distributions to download.
> > >
> > > Martin N
> > >
> > >
> > > Co-Moderator of MiniDisc and amithlonopen yahoo groups.
> > >
> > >
> > A tad more bloated, but none the less very worthy of a mention:
> > http://damnsmalllinux.org/
>
> I seem to remember than DSL is a pain on CRT monitors.
>
> You cant increase the refresh to 85Hz or more to stop the flicker.
> It did get reported to the DSL maintainers but they dont use CRT
> so said they werent interested in changing it.
>
> If it isnt DSL its probably PuppyLinux instead that has this CRT
> problem.
>
> Martin N
>
>
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I can't say I've seen a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4320 with a CRT myself :-)
Joking aside the semantics of all manner of display equipment could be
argued with pros and cons on just about any distro - or for that matter
platform. The fun I've had with Ubuntu 8.10 and a widescreen TFT springs
to mind.
