Linked by James LaRue on Mon 14th Jun 2004 06:35 UTC
Recently, I got my hands on version 0.2 of Cobind, a Linux lite desktop, based on Red Hat/Fedora Core 1, from a software company in Pittsburgh. Not yet in general release, Cobind is a one disc wonder.
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Win95 becomes a non-option even for an old computer if you've got some newer hardware (printers, monitors, network cards, etc) added afterwards. Also the software that works with Win95 is becoming obsolete. In this respect, buying more RAM and installing a light-weight Linux distro, such as Cobind or Vector, can give new life to an old computer.
Cobind has made some interesting decisions, marrying XFCE4 with Nautilus and streamlining the application choices. They have apparently given some thought on what users actually need and this is a refreshing attitude.
In general, I like the "BSD approach" where the distribution provides just the basic operating system and offers users an easy way to install additional applications. Linux distros, being more desktop-oriented than *BSDs, might do well in providing users with a basic desktop and giving a GUI that makes it easy to download and install the other applications that users may want to add to their system.
Smart thinking, Cobind!