It's been years since I seriously ran a *nix on any of my computers. I'd like to experiment with different flavours via LiveCD and I'd like recommendations.
I've tried a few LiveCDs already.
1. Mandrake - Seemed alright but a bit heavy during boot. Things seemed a little slow with all the disc access [CD-ROM].
2. Knoppix - Seemed to boot fast and run speedily.
3. Slax - I remember nothing about it but I have it somewhere.
4. Gentoo - Booted up nice and fast but I didn't spend much time with it.
5. Ubuntu - Seemed to take forever to boot.
Any other suggestions? I would like a LiveCD that is more recent in terms of the software on it but I would also like stability and fairly fast boot.
My goal is to experiment with different releases and then pick the one I find most appealing to install on one of my systems. I definitely want a graphical desktop [KDE is preferred].
rotjong
I've tried a few LiveCDs already.
1. Mandrake - Seemed alright but a bit heavy during boot. Things seemed a little slow with all the disc access [CD-ROM].
2. Knoppix - Seemed to boot fast and run speedily.
3. Slax - I remember nothing about it but I have it somewhere.
4. Gentoo - Booted up nice and fast but I didn't spend much time with it.
5. Ubuntu - Seemed to take forever to boot.
Any other suggestions? I would like a LiveCD that is more recent in terms of the software on it but I would also like stability and fairly fast boot.
My goal is to experiment with different releases and then pick the one I find most appealing to install on one of my systems. I definitely want a graphical desktop [KDE is preferred].
rotjong