Zenwalk

The Mad Rapper · 16 Sep 2010 at 23:07

Have any of you used Zenwalk? If so, what did you think of it? How do their repositories work?

I am considering giving their Openbox version a spin...

Essexraptor · 17 Sep 2010 at 00:10

No first hand experience ( I'm a newcomer to Linux ) but it looks like a interesting distro. Would you say based around the current Ubuntu 10.4 ?

Let us know how you get on? I'm looking for something foolproof for the other half!!!! That I can set up and she can't "fiddle" with!!!

The Mad Rapper · 17 Sep 2010 at 09:45

Essexraptor said:
No first hand experience ( I'm a newcomer to Linux ) but it looks like a interesting distro. Would you say based around the current Ubuntu 10.4 ?

Let us know how you get on? I'm looking for something foolproof for the other half!!!! That I can set up and she can't "fiddle" with!!!

Had you thought about trying Debian? That's about as stable as they come, and as Ubuntu is based on Debian, using the repositories etc. is exactly the same

Essexraptor · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:09

The Mad Rapper said:
Had you thought about trying Debian? That's about as stable as they come, and as Ubuntu is based on Debian, using the repositories etc. is exactly the same

I'm trying out 10.4 on my own laptop ( dual boot at the mo ) and I use the Linux OS 95% of the time so it's only a matter of time before I go Linux full time on that one.

I've also just built a standalone desktop out of cheap parts, with NVidia GPU... I'm learning fast!!...lol, to really have a in depth play with it.

It's a unabashed experiment, play and break rig so if it all goes terribly wrong my "Gaming Baby" will survive!!!

The "trouble and strife" has Vista on her laptop and I'm tring to find something "Woman Proof" (my apologises to all that may take offence but, if you knew her you would understand.... ) to replace it. Hence my interest in this Zenwalk that you mentioned.

craptakular · 17 Sep 2010 at 15:11

Essexraptor said:
I'm trying out 10.4 on my own laptop ( dual boot at the mo ) and I use the Linux OS 95% of the time so it's only a matter of time before I go Linux full time on that one.

I've also just built a standalone desktop out of cheap parts, with NVidia GPU... I'm learning fast!!...lol, to really have a in depth play with it.

It's a unabashed experiment, play and break rig so if it all goes terribly wrong my "Gaming Baby" will survive!!!

The "trouble and strife" has Vista on her laptop and I'm tring to find something "Woman Proof" (my apologises to all that may take offence but, if you knew her you would understand.... ) to replace it. Hence my interest in this Zenwalk that you mentioned.

Opensuse KDE or Kubuntu, make it look like vista, use firefox and run MS office over wine if needs be.

Essexraptor · 17 Sep 2010 at 16:07

Oxy said:
Opensuse KDE or Kubuntu, make it look like vista, use firefox and run MS office over wine if needs be.

Many thanks for your suggestion

jack.mitchell · 17 Sep 2010 at 16:50

Is Zenwalk not based on Slackware..... I tried it a few years ago but have not been back, I don't think there was a specific reason.

The Mad Rapper · 17 Sep 2010 at 21:23

jack.mitchell said:
Is Zenwalk not based on Slackware..... I tried it a few years ago but have not been back, I don't think there was a specific reason.

Yes, it is.

I have the latest version of Slackware (13.1), but haven't tried it yet. I used to use Ubuntu exclusively, but 10.04 was buggy as ****, so I've been using #!CrunchBang since then.

Open Box is the best WM bar none