[NMLUG] pclinux/livecd

[Tim Emerick]

Well, I downloaded/burned the pclinux CD.  Tried it out on an HP Pavillion Celeron/566 with a 3com 10/100 nic.  256mb Ram.  i810 chipset.  
 
I like the WinXP feel logon screen.  While not the most secure thing since it shows users that can login, it's very nice for a home linux setup.
 
I didn't like that it didn't appear to use dhclient to find a dhcp server.  I have to manually run /usr/bin/dhclient to get my networking addresses setup.
 
I also couldn't readily figure out how to let it create a swap file on my fat32 hd like knoppix does.  Therefore, running the apps seemed a bit too sluggish to me.
 
It's a nice package but I think I prefer knoppix instead.  It seemed easier for the newbie/novice to just plug and play.  If I didn't already know how to get the dhcp setup running I probably would have immediately dumped the CD into the trash as unusable.
 
My $.02
 
Tim Emerick


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