masinick wrote:anticapitalista wrote:I thought this might be interesting. Just google for more info.
Refracta - A very lightweight Debian Xfce distro with cool scripts some of which we adapted for antiX
LinuxBBQ - A constant supply of uploaded iso flavours ranging from the the usual suspects desktops to the obscure. These guys would win the Merkel award for productivity! Try some of their flavours out.
AUSTRUMI - an old favourite of mine. Fast and light, ideal for running on a stick.
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Well, in addition to our own distribution, which has been one of my favorites since I first learned about it in 2006, I really liked the very early versions of MEPIS from 2003, the year before Warren finalized on using KDE on the desktop instead of the lighter alternatives he experimented with when he first shared builds.
So the May 2003 edition of MEPIS was one of my all-time favorites because:
1) it was light enough to run live from CD, yet easy enough and flexible enough to install.
I later appreciated the full-featured versions of SimplyMEPIS, but not for lightness, but instead for their stability, which continues to mark the the name.
2) I really liked the first version of antiX in 2006, and I also liked the first version of antiX Core.
3) About three or four years ago, there was a really cool Debian Live project, where you could, on the spot, request a build from whatever repo you wanted. I did a number of builds from several versions. I liked it so much that I requested a custom build of Sid, and used it as the basis of the main system that I use to this very day.
To be honest with you, all of my true favorites come from a few years to several years back. As far as our own stuff, we've made versions more capable, but because the stuff from which the applications are built, even our works have grown over the years, so my real favorites are"out of the past". That's not our fault; that's just the way it is.
I like SliTAZ. A few years ago I used it quite a bit, but I run all of my systems away from a wired interface point, so I really need systems that can run wireless out of the box; otherwise I have to physically carry my systems to a place where I can connect them directly to a wired Ethernet connection. That is inconvenient and I can't always do it, so systems that I have to install and retrofit wireless capabilities get put on the back burner, and that includes some of the small ones that I really used to enjoy!
Oh well, that's just the way it is for me right now. If that changed, what I'd be running and the frequency that I'd be testing may change too.