Dark Ninja
06-09-2004, 05:36 PM
Just wanted to post up a link to a review provided by LinuxToday (that's where the news articles come from on JustLinux's front page, in case you didn't know).
Anyway, since Feather's creator frequents this board, I figured it would be cool to post up the review that LinuxToday provided. :) Good job, o0zi!
Feather Linux 0.4.0
Continuing the 'small is beautiful' theme, Feather Linux demands just under 64MB. While it can be run from a CD, Feather is intended to run directly from a USB key drive. Unlike its big brother, Knoppix, you can run Feather from a USB key that doesn't cost almost as much as your PC.
Two variants are available: the standard Feather Linux and the Feather Linux Console Edition. The standard Feather aims to provide a small but useable desktop environment, including a surprisingly elegant and full featured window manager.
Space constraints mean that no office suite is included, but Feather does include music playback, administrative and network tools as part of the distribution, and tools to download additional software on a per-session basis.
The Console Edition is targeted at system administrators and is smaller still, requiring almost exactly 50MB. Very much along the same lines as LNX-BBC, the toolset is shaped towards diagnosing and repairing faulty Linux systems.
For most users Feather will be a compromise too far in terms of functionality. But for on-the-run system administrators Feather offers a neat and compact graphical environment along with a useful amount of power.
Here is the link to the rest of the article: http://www.vnunet.com/features/1155698
Anyway, since Feather's creator frequents this board, I figured it would be cool to post up the review that LinuxToday provided. :) Good job, o0zi!
Feather Linux 0.4.0
Continuing the 'small is beautiful' theme, Feather Linux demands just under 64MB. While it can be run from a CD, Feather is intended to run directly from a USB key drive. Unlike its big brother, Knoppix, you can run Feather from a USB key that doesn't cost almost as much as your PC.
Two variants are available: the standard Feather Linux and the Feather Linux Console Edition. The standard Feather aims to provide a small but useable desktop environment, including a surprisingly elegant and full featured window manager.
Space constraints mean that no office suite is included, but Feather does include music playback, administrative and network tools as part of the distribution, and tools to download additional software on a per-session basis.
The Console Edition is targeted at system administrators and is smaller still, requiring almost exactly 50MB. Very much along the same lines as LNX-BBC, the toolset is shaped towards diagnosing and repairing faulty Linux systems.
For most users Feather will be a compromise too far in terms of functionality. But for on-the-run system administrators Feather offers a neat and compact graphical environment along with a useful amount of power.
Here is the link to the rest of the article: http://www.vnunet.com/features/1155698