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Flaming Penguins - distro for burning?
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ShinyCheese
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:00 am   Post subject: Flaming Penguins - distro for burning? Reply with quote Back to top  
I'm looking for suggestions on a linux distribution. It's for a medium-old computer that will be used almost exclusively for burning DVDs. (Legal notice: Only non-commercial, privately owned DVDs) I'd like to set up my old PC to burn the discs so it doesn't tie up my main computer, and the microsoft OS that's on it was old even when I was still using it (95 shell I think) so that's out.

I don't have any linux experience (though i've used unix shells a bit) so I'm looking for something on a liveCD I can try. Here's what I need:

compatible with somewhat older hardware
easy to install, configure, and use
can run DVD burning software
free (as in beer)

I have a knoppix disc I haven't tried yet, so please let me know any suggestions or favorite flavors you all have.

Thanks folks!
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:31 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
I have the free version of madriva 2k6 on a pc. ITs stable. THe only thing is you'd need to check to see if that old PC is able to work with the OS

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Post Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:50 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Pretty much any Linux distro can run on old hardware and are free, and ALL of them can burn DVD's... If you ask people what their favorite flavor is, you'll just end up with a flame war... My suggestion is just head over to www.linuxiso.org, download a few distros, and try them out. Use whichever you like best. Very Happy

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Post Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:24 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Doomhammer wrote:
Pretty much any Linux distro can run on old hardware and are free, and ALL of them can burn DVD's... If you ask people what their favorite flavor is, you'll just end up with a flame war... My suggestion is just head over to www.linuxiso.org, download a few distros, and try them out. Use whichever you like best. Very Happy


1) Fix your link, it's got a comma at the end of it.

2) Page is down due to hardware failure, so feel free to disregard my previous point. Wink

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Post Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:02 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
check the knoppix
you can use the cd on ANY computer to check it over as a boot CD
it will install, though many try to disuade you from that, though i don't know why

me, i want it minimal, and it will boinc
c'mon, got to catch Olive
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