Comments on TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: Battle of the Minis (The Rematch): DSL vs. Puppy

I dunno, puppy is my main OS as it just WORKS, and...

2009-10-23T12:20:45.404+08:00

I dunno, puppy is my main OS as it just WORKS, and allows offline installs, a major consideration when it comes to this.

It has pretty much replaced vista off my dual core!

Agree, too. On a fast machine like yours the diffe...

2008-11-13T04:39:00.000+08:00

Agree, too. On a fast machine like yours the differences in terms of responsiveness, memory usage and so on are not measureable.
The same test, but performed on an old PC or notebook, e.g. a Thinkpad 380 (Pentium I, 80MB RAM max) or Compaq 4210T (Pentium II MMX, 80 MB RAM max) (the latter one is a serious and cheap answer answer to all the new "NetBooks" with one of the small distributions, btw) would make much more sense.
Comparing on your fast machine is like testing a Porsche 911 on gasoline and on liquid gas: It will go over 200 km/h every way... ;-)

I agree with Anonymous (above). Even Windoze Vista...

2008-11-04T14:48:00.000+08:00

I agree with Anonymous (above). Even Windoze Vista would run fast(ish) on a 3.4 GHz processor with 2 GB RAM. Try something like my computer, with a 700 MHz processor and 128 MB RAM. Anyone considering lightweight distros like these is doing so because of hardware limitations.

I do not understand the basis of this review, as t...

2008-05-24T20:34:00.000+08:00

I do not understand the basis of this review, as the design intent of both distros (older/minimal hardware) was ignored.

Choose a more appropriate platform and repeat the review.

@Thumos:I've been thinking about that also. Maybe ...

2008-05-17T23:11:00.000+08:00

@Thumos:

I've been thinking about that also. Maybe I'll give it a go after trying those other mini-distros that I haven't tried yet.

Would love to see a shootout of all the sub 100mb ...

2008-05-17T04:56:00.000+08:00

Would love to see a shootout of all the sub 100mb distros i.e. Battle royal of the mini distos.