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horrorific   10-20-2008 at 07:18:57 AM

Anyone know of any good applications to linux light?

Particularly I'm looking for media players, image viewers, and a way to open executable files

p.s. I'm a total linux newb (obviously), resently I put a light linux (slax) into a bootable usb flash drive...but don't have a clue as to how to use it...any advice would help :whistle:

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   10-20-2008 at 03:34:04 PM
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http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I would suggest trying out the Ubuntu and Fedora live CDs

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora


You can then install mplayer, VLC, several image viewers and various other apps

What kind of executable files are you trying to use?

good luck :)

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   10-20-2008 at 03:37:12 PM
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On ubuntu and fedora you can click on Applications -> Add / Remove Software to install things, it's really easy

GL :)

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horrorific   10-21-2008 at 03:54:45 AM
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So can I just put those on the flash drive and have them be accessible? Or will I have to install them (on my laptop) each time I boot from the flash drive?

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   10-21-2008 at 11:37:57 AM
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You could actually do a full install onto a flash drive if it's big enough and if you think it will not wear out on you due to too many writes

How big is your flash drive?

GL :)

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horrorific   10-23-2008 at 06:05:31 AM
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the flash drive is 1.8gb and I think it might end up getting worn down, since I've formatted it quite a few times already. I'll just use a cd.
I'm about to start burning ubuntu onto a cd, cross my fingers and hold my breath that it actually works. Since my laptop is being a drama-queen and refuses to start windows properly, my only worry is that a cd won't work :(

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audiovoodoo   10-23-2008 at 12:21:15 PM
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When you boot the CD for the first time run the Media check option, this tests the disk to make sure it is a good copy. If you then find you have problems loading Ubuntu (I suggest running it as a live session first) then take a note of the error and let us know. Frequently you just need to give a start up option to get round any driver issues etc.

Frankly, if Slax boots on your laptop then I would be surprised if Ubuntu didn't.

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amdfangirl   10-23-2008 at 12:39:26 PM
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horrorific wrote :

the flash drive is 1.8gb and I think it might end up getting worn down, since I've formatted it quite a few times already. I'll just use a cd.
I'm about to start burning ubuntu onto a cd, cross my fingers and hold my breath that it actually works. Since my laptop is being a drama-queen and refuses to start windows properly, my only worry is that a cd won't work :(



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820233042

Check this flash drive for size. 16GB $25 AMIR.

Probably better a flash drive that you can write files to, rather than a cd that can't be written real time. Would be faster too me thinks. Use that USB as your primary and keep the 16GB. That's what me says.

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   10-23-2008 at 01:12:01 PM
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You could boot from CD or DVD and use a flash drive for storage ( read / write ) :)

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