Comments on: Slax: boot into a portable Linux on a USB

By: Arick Sandman

Arick Sandman — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:06:54 +0000

I just got a very useful build of Slax installed on a USB drive from
http://www.gigaslax.com
I got Gigaslax max
No magic but a very useful set of add ons, I also like some of the additional start up options and the way he partitions the flash drive.
I have liked EVERY version of Slax I have tried. truly an amazing project.

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By: kflin

kflin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:21:41 +0000

You can find more Linux distro on USB drive from this web site:

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

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By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:39:50 +0000

I have a lot of experience using Linux and I have to say Slax was great (booted fast, was able to add other programs very easily) except for a few things.

1) Wireless can be a pain to get working if you’re unfortable with the Terminal.

2) After about half an hour of use Slax would freeze up, my screen would get mixed up and I had to hard reboot it. When I tried to boot it up again it would go into the command login (no GUI) and I had to reinstall Slax.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:51:09 +0000

Installing software on Linux is actually a ton simpler (assuming it’s in the repositories, slax’s “Modules” are probably these). On most distributions, installing/uninstalling software involves nothing more than checking/unchecking a box next to its name in the package manager. Admittedly, if you want something that’s not in the repositories, then it does get very complicated, but that’s not due to Linux as a system, but rather the choice of software developers for Linux not to package their programs as a .deb or .rpm.

Those that do chose to turn their apps into .deb’s or .rpm’s make installing exactly as simple as Windows, you download and double click the file, and it does the rest for you.

The inherent advantage to Linux’s method is that updates can be found for every single piece of software on your computer at once, and installed automatically and without version-clashing errors every time. Also, uninstalling is complete and dependencies are (unless you’re in Gentoo) automatically taken care of. The disadvantage is that it’s unusual for Windows folks, and has the inherent problem that if your computer loses power during an update or an install, anything that was being worked on is permanently broken.

But hey, it’s how it is, I personally prefer it.

By: bloodvayne

bloodvayne — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:36:22 +0000

Will try this, as this is the kind of distro I look for. I have had bad experiences with LiveCDs and partitioning, and USB install just makes more sense to me. I found another good distro for this type of Linux: Puppy Linux (www.puppylinux.com)