Storm Linux Anyone?

[tallulah]

Is any among you using Storm Linux? Do you love it? Do you hate it? What's to like; what's not to like? THANKS!!!

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[XxMaCaBrExX]

tried it once. hated it. you want to know what I hated about it? everything.

[ph34r]

I've heard that it is a really nice Debian based distro.

[rod]

Tried it and liked it. Used it before moving on to pure Debian. Very easy install, comparible to Mandrake.

I believe that Storm went under, so no support from them is probably availible. Gotta love LNO for that.

If you want a distro that is Debian based I would suggest Progeny. They have an iso here. (http://archive.progeny.com/images/) Easy install and support through their beta mailing list.

Regards,
Rod

[Desire]

Stormix is still around ( just called them)and I have tried it and I like it. You can get the starter edition from them for $19 U.S. I tried the download version and the install went pretty painlessly with the exception that I had to copy the image to hard drive to get the kernel to load, other than that it went well. You can also download it for free at www.stormix.com (http://www.stormix.com)
I've tried Caldera, Corel, Mandrake, Storm
and Turbo and next batter up is Slackware.
(RedHat is on it's way as I speak)
Of all these I liked Storm and Mandrake the best at least for installing. Never did get Caldera to work. If you're totally new to Linux I recommend a good Linux book or a package that has a manual and some patience. I'm still very new to Linux but I love it and has aroused an appetite for programming and I fell in love with my computer all over again. Forget T.V. I get home and grab a coffee, run upstairs to my room and turn the radio and crank on the computer. Then come down for snack, another coffee and a quick smoke and I'm back upstairs again. :cool:

[Aikidoka]

You can also try Libranet. You can download the iso image from their website.
www.libranet.com (http://www.libranet.com)

[tallulah]

Originally posted by rod:
Tried it and liked it. Used it before moving on to pure Debian. Very easy install, comparible to Mandrake.


Thanks, everybody. I AM looking for a distro I can use to get my feet wet before I jump into Debian. I have been using Mandrake up until now. For the sake of thoroughness, I would like to know the particular reaons for which utter_macabre hates Storm Linux so! Thanks again all!

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[XxMaCaBrExX]

I'm a package-hog, cutting-edge release, upgrade freek! Stormix hasn't changed in almost two years at all one little smidgin'. Plus it wouldn't work on any of my computers at home. Very fast High-End pc's. The installation always crashed and rebooted at some point. I managed to get it installed at work, but it lacked many of the packages I use on a daily basis. I am primarily a Mandrake fan for Workstation use, and a Slackware fan for server use. Does that pretty much clear things up for you? ;)

[tallulah]

Originally posted by utter_macabre:
Plus it wouldn't work on any of my computers at home. Very fast High-End pc's... I am primarily a Mandrake fan for Workstation use, and a Slackware fan for server use. Does that pretty much clear things up for you? ;)

It sure does. Thanks! High-end hardware won't be a "problem" on this machine...
:rolleyes:

Your comments were very helpful.
:)

[Lend273]

Libranet is great. Great support.
They are coming out with a new version soon that incorporates the 2.4 kernel and Xfree
4.0.2.

Len

[cookiemonster]

I have been using libranet for all of 48hrs had a little trouble getting it set up right like remembering that sound driver for sblive goes in the kernil and not as a modual. once going is great and fast.
Dan