Linked by Michael Katsevman on Thu 6th Nov 2003 19:33 UTC
Debian and its clones Debian is widely considered the Linux distribution with the best package management tool, APT and one of the largest software bases (>13,000). However, the installation horror stories kept me away. Nevertheless, eager to try it out, I failed to install various other Debian GNU/Linux based distributions. Some failed to boot even after I tried to reinstall for the fourth time, and others just couldn't detect my hardware. While Knoppix is highly recommended, I decided to stick with hard-drive based distros (Although it is the distribution of choice for LiveCDs). Then came Libranet.
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Morphix!
by Cal on Thu 6th Nov 2003 22:32 UTC

free Loader, thanks for pointing out the Morphix project. That was the first time I had ever heard of it. Since I've been looking to get my feet wet with linux for a while this looked like a good place to start. I downloaded the light ISO and had it booted in VMware in less the thirty mins. Its pretty cool. I'm posting this message from the copy of fire bird that comes on the CD. Fantastic. It was so easy I'm about to give it a shot om real hardware.