Buffalo Linux 1.0.3

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Gordon Darling

Buffalo Linux 1.0.3

A new Slackware-based Linux distribution

About:
Buffalo Linux is a derivative distribution based on Vector/Slackware. It is
targeted for the small business workstation market. This is the free base
version. Enhanced versions with pre-installed database access (DB2 and
Oracle) and Microsoft product execution using Codeweavers products are
available.


Release focus: Initial freshmeat announcement
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/buffalo/
Homepage: http://buffalolinux.dyndns.org

Regards
Gordon
 
Gordon said:
Buffalo Linux 1.0.3

A new Slackware-based Linux distribution

About:
Buffalo Linux is a derivative distribution based on Vector/Slackware. It is
targeted for the small business workstation market. This is the free base
version. Enhanced versions with pre-installed database access (DB2 and
Oracle) and Microsoft product execution using Codeweavers products are
available.


Release focus: Initial freshmeat announcement
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/buffalo/
Homepage: http://buffalolinux.dyndns.org
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IMO, Linux could go a long way towards being more competitive with
Windows if somebody would package as complete a set of drivers with it
as MS does with Windows. Is there such a distro?
 
IMO, Linux could go a long way towards being more
competitive with Windows if somebody would package as
complete a set of drivers with it as MS does with Windows.
Is there such a distro?
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Dunno, if all the drivers one would need are contained within,
but IMO this is a quality distro: http://linux.lorma.edu/
Compiled for I686 based on Reshat including popular items Redhat
leaves out like Xmms.
 
IMO, Linux could go a long way towards being more competitive with
Windows if somebody would package as complete a set of drivers with it
as MS does with Windows. Is there such a distro?
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Several Linux distros are trying to do a good job at this. Last week I
installed Mandrake 9.2 on three different PCs, ranging from a legacy 1998
350Mhz up to a 2.6Ghz Athalon. Every device in every PC was recognized and
activated first time. (( P.S. I recently purchased a Linux mag for $13.95
that included the three Mandrake 9.2 CDs inside the cover. Made it easy to
experiment with. ))

If you want an easy, "no fault" way to experiment with Linux, ... go to
Knoppix.net, download the latest Knoppix .iso (Knoppix 3.3), burn it to a
CD, then boot up your PC. Experiment with Linux -- graphical or command
level -- without touching your hard drive. Needs 256MB -- everything
operates out of RAM. Pretty amazing.
 
John Corliss said:
IMO, Linux could go a long way towards being more competitive with
Windows if somebody would package as complete a set of drivers with it
as MS does with Windows. Is there such a distro?
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Try Knoppix or its derivates and you will see that almost everything works.
I could use it with no problems on all machines I faced.
The driver problem occurs only for very exclusiveor new hardware.
On the other hand: IF there is an OPEN SOURCE driver, this hardware
will be usable in future versions of linux as well (I have an old
handy scanner which works only under win98 - and linux :-)

Ciao,
Bernd
 
Christopher Jahn said:
Lindows.
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NOOOOOOOOOOO! Please!
Never try this b*!"§ thing!
This is Linux as bad as you can make it.
Nothing is better as in other distros, but much is really worse!
Try Knoppix - no need to install.

knopper.net


Ciao,
Bernd
 
John said:
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IMO, Linux could go a long way towards being more competitive with
Windows if somebody would package as complete a set of drivers with it
as MS does with Windows. Is there such a distro?
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Thanks to everybody who replied. Looks like I'm on my way to
http://www.knoppix.com/ to download it and give it a try.
 
Thanks to everybody who replied. Looks like I'm on my way to
http://www.knoppix.com/ to download it and give it a try.
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Give it a try. After evaluation and if you wish, Knoppix can easily
installed on your hard drive. See http://tinyurl.com/qh5z
Recently, a Gordon Darling post suggested BLAG. You might want to look at
also. IMO it is the best I have seen. See: http://blagblagblag.org/. Over
the last 4 or 5 years, I have installed (or attempted to install) many
Linux systems and ultimately removed all of them. BLAG and Knoppix are
keepers.
 
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