Thread: Unutbu and other OS systems

Please post here new or opinions of OS versions.
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Hi all, hope to have good input and opinions of OS that you like?
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I tried Ubuntu but it didn't play nice with my network. I have since changed my router so it may be fun to try it again. If you've never seen it "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" is interesting.

I use Puppy Linux on a more regular basis. There are many different flavors of Puppy known as Puplets that people have customized. You burn the version of puppy to a disc and then boot from it. Once you get past the initial setup you have a windows-like os running solely from the cd which is very responsive even on old equipment. Mac Pup has a mac feel to it. Retro Pup has a bunch of old school puppy OSs on it for old equipment. EduPup is for toddlers.

I still use XP, and Windows 7 for everyday use. A few puppy disks are good to have on hand for testing computer equipment or to breathe life back into defunct computers.

Recently I installed edupup on a laptop with a 233mhz cpu and 64mb of ram. The cd drive was dead and I was having a bear of a time getting an OS on the thing but didn't want to throw it away. I put the drive in another computer, installed edupup to it, put the drive back in the elderly laptop and gave it to a local daycare.

I originally heard about puppy from someone who investigates billing fraud. People using windows passwords think their crime is safe. He pops in puppy, ignores windows altogether and goes straight to their files. Busted.

I primarily use Ubuntu because it seems to have the best driver support, and the fact that I like aptitude. The start up time since 9.04 has dramatically improved, and from what I hear and have seen with the Alpha version of 10.04, it will be even faster.

At work we use CentOS on one server, Ubuntu on several others, and Windows on a few others...along with desktop versions of Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux. We're working on a VMWare server that we'll be able to install just about every OS on for troubleshooting and testing purposes.

Avg1joe, have you looked into BackTrack?

Originally Posted by avg1joe

I tried Ubuntu but it didn't play nice with my network. I have since changed my router so it may be fun to try it again. If you've never seen it "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" is interesting.

I use Puppy Linux on a more regular basis. There are many different flavors of Puppy known as Puplets that people have customized. You burn the version of puppy to a disc and then boot from it. Once you get past the initial setup you have a windows-like os running solely from the cd which is very responsive even on old equipment. Mac Pup has a mac feel to it. Retro Pup has a bunch of old school puppy OSs on it for old equipment. EduPup is for toddlers.

I still use XP, and Windows 7 for everyday use. A few puppy disks are good to have on hand for testing computer equipment or to breathe life back into defunct computers.

Recently I installed edupup on a laptop with a 233mhz cpu and 64mb of ram. The cd drive was dead and I was having a bear of a time getting an OS on the thing but didn't want to throw it away. I put the drive in another computer, installed edupup to it, put the drive back in the elderly laptop and gave it to a local daycare.

I originally heard about puppy from someone who investigates billing fraud. People using windows passwords think their crime is safe. He pops in puppy, ignores windows altogether and goes straight to their files. Busted.

Ok, I will do some reading about Puppy and even try it if I can find a bootable ISO? Your right abount the networking. I guess I would have to do a HDD install to get things working?

Originally Posted by iwc5893

I primarily use Ubuntu because it seems to have the best driver support, and the fact that I like aptitude. The start up time since 9.04 has dramatically improved, and from what I hear and have seen with the Alpha version of 10.04, it will be even faster.

At work we use CentOS on one server, Ubuntu on several others, and Windows on a few others...along with desktop versions of Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux. We're working on a VMWare server that we'll be able to install just about every OS on for troubleshooting and testing purposes.

Avg1joe, have you looked into BackTrack?

If you see 10.04 out somewhere, please let me know!
BackTrack, no but I will look for it.
To tell you straight, I never knew that other OS were out and available free.
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Tried Puppy today. It's ok but I find the interface is not very slick. Unutbu has more of a Windows feel. I understand that Unutbu is based on Debian. I might try that next? I see so many others out there as well so still doing research before burning a stack of CD's.
iwc5893, I did a little reading on BackTrack but still don't quite ubderstand what it is? If you could give me a "nutshell" picture, I may give it a try.

I use Ubuntu 64bit here and dual boot with windows 7 64bit and I have to say I do not know why I bothered to include Win7 as I never use it any more. With VWplayer I have instant access to my OSX 10.4 and Win7 and runs faster then the original boxes.

Ubuntu supports my DVB-S2 PCI card as native, so no messy drivers to load (still can not get it working on Win7) I can just watch satellite HD TV with it in full 1920x1080 on the TV and PC via the dvi output.

The only thing I hate is .. well .. nothing. It all just works.

BackTrack is essentially a "Live CD" (it can be booted up from the disk without changing the hard drive contents), and is used as a recovery/forensic/troubleshooting system. It is not designed as a desktop system.

The final version of 10.04 will not be released until late April, but you can download testing versions (Alpha and the Beta/RC versions when they become available) by going here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule

. The Alpha2 version had a boot time of less than 15 seconds, and I've heard rumors that Canonical is aiming for a 10 second or less start up time.