Live CDs Part III: Small Footprint Systems [LWN.net]

Live CDs Part III: Small Footprint Systems

Posted Dec 19, 2006 13:36 UTC (Tue) by emj (guest, #14307)
In reply to: Live CDs Part III: Small Footprint Systems by abovett
Parent article: Live CDs Part III: Small Footprint Systems

Yes puppy is alot better in basic install, though abit bigger than DSL, 83MB instead of 50MB, those
extra magebyte gives you a useable speadsheet and wordprocessor (abiword and Gnumeric instead
of ted and Siag). DSL has alot better extension installation IMHO, so installing Abiword wasn't that
hard.

But puppy really is "chatty", you have to read alot to get things done. So puppy is abit of a hassel,
and requires more HD space (at least 100MB) but comes with better default apps than DSL, which
on the other hand is easier to get running and requires alot less space.

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