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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There are already quite a few "light" distros out there: DSL, Feather and Puppy Linux are among the better known of that type.
But besides configuration heebie-jeebies, many newbies will be put off by an interface that looks uncomfortably "basic" (read: booty) vs the MS look-feel that they're used to.
A gui interface that looks sharp right out of the box is the best sales tool. Cobind, Vector (based on rock-solid and super-speedy Slackware), and Morphix LG (which also uses XFCE4 out of the box)lead the way for good looking lightweight distros.
I find it amazing/embarrassing tho after many yrs of bashing MS re bloat, that it turns out it's way faster on old machines than Linux (if X Window is in use). And looks cooler doin' it, too. Eep.