Re: DeLi Linux, results
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David Baron wrote:
> I installed it in a qemu session. The ISO downloaded is an installer, not a
> "live CD".
>
> !. The installation is finicky and I doubt any first time user will get it
> right. Instead of offering to make partions, it says "run cfdisk". I did it
> and made a linux and swap partition on one disk image. Cool. This works.
> Then proceded with deliinstall. One chooses one (count 'em) keyboard and later
> one and only one language. The thing will make your swap after warning you
> that this is dangerous if swap is active. Do it anyway. It offers three ways
> to run lilo. Using its default simple method is adequate. It now asks where
> to put the mbr. After accepting its default, I actually fixed it by using a
> virtual knoppix session on the disk image file and put the mbr where it
> belongs using fdisk.
>
> 2. Made a virtualbox vdi using its conversion tool. The iso and this file as
> well hung the system on boot. Virtualbox has a weakness of not emulating a
> known video device. In this case, this is fatal.
>
> 3. The fixed up disk image will boot nicely in qemu. Run delisetup. Either
> choice of windowmanger yields the "failsafe" X with a vterm and blank gray
> screen. Ran abiword. Could not resize the window. Got stuck in its help. Alt
> control/D out. A beginning user with his/her 166mhz Pentium-antique will not
> be able to figure out how to get the beautiful screenshots on the site and
> how to correctly shutdown the system.
>
> 4, OK, will run nicely with a little resources. But needs more UI work to be
> really practical.
>
> 5. Only provides added software from its CD. Weakness.
>
>
Nothing like a bad review of another distribution to make my day.
Joe
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