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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#136 by Rava » 06 Feb 2014, 03:19

francois wrote:... touch, feel and all that ... 8)
You mean ZevenOS ?
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#137 by ralcocer » 26 Feb 2014, 12:26

Remenber the ads in those pages are based on your previous searches, I don't get the lap-dancing add nowhere on the page, they all pertain to my interests, I have never searched for lap-dance and beer places.

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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#138 by francois » 13 Mar 2014, 00:15

Nice abstract, and in fact positive review of porteus 2.1 compared to other small distributions. At the same time announcement of porteus 3.0. The link was found by dustbunnies, see:
http://www.dujingshan.tk/blog/porteusah ... nvironment

As porteus 3.0 came out yesterday, there is already positive stock value increase on the distrowatch index. We are climbing ranking 63rd as best linux distribution based on the last month. :)
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#139 by francois » 14 Mar 2014, 14:33

The positive stock value increase on the distrowatch index is still moving up, you better buy some shares now:
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity

Only a few days after 3.0 version delivery the ranking is 44th best linux distribution based on the last month. This means that there is a great affluence on the in the recent days. :D
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#140 by francois » 16 Mar 2014, 15:13

Better than that. Looking at the last week ranking, we are as of today 11th best ranking distribution:
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=porteus

Its time to make a provision of newcomers, and hope that within these we will have a few fanatics, like this did happen with the 2.1 version. We also need some bright reviews to get a little more exposure. :friends:
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#141 by Blaze » 17 Mar 2014, 08:26

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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#142 by brokenman » 28 Mar 2014, 18:30

How do i become super user?
Wear your underpants on the outside and put on a cape.

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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#143 by dustbunnies » 29 Mar 2014, 02:52

To filter out press releases and other noise, I've used this google search query (along with filter date range: past month):
-prepackaged -news -candidate -facts -overjoyed -standalone porteus linux -site:porteus.org -site:distrowatch.com -site:softpedia.com

The "over a pint" podcast from http://linuxluddites.com covered reviewed Porteus in Jan 2014:
timemark 1:04:00
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3 ... tes007.mp3 (90Mb)
or
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.ogg ... tes007.ogg
takeaway:
They applauded the online builder, but were put off by package management // unmet dependencies issues

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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#144 by brokenman » 29 Mar 2014, 03:19

I put the tag 'overjoyed' in the release for exactly this purpose dustbunnies. :)

We have a real asset in the online builder. Many reviews have praised it. Our backend server guru (Hamza) is very quiet in the shadows but does a great job. At first I thought the PPM was a great asset and it worked well in areas, but it was too big and when it comes to package management people ultimately want something that does the job right, even ifit doesn't have all the bells and whistles. I am hoping the new PPM/USM fills that gap. It isn't as flashy as it's predecessor but so far has served well. It should be known (as fanthom discovered) that having 100% success with resolving dependencies in slackware is a far reach until the day when everybody (packagers) follows a standard. Until that time, this has freed up some time maintaining a porteus repository and allowed devs to turn their attention elsewhere.

I believe the Kiosk will bring much attention to Porteus and the next little surprise we have isn't too far around the corner. I think it will also fill a niche nicely.
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#145 by francois » 29 Mar 2014, 20:55

Booting Porteus over the LAN from Fedora 18 server:
http://sethanil.blogspot.ca/2013/02/boo ... ra-18.html
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#146 by francois » 24 Jul 2014, 02:37

Sean has mentioned a very positive, though short review on porteus:
http://www.linux.com/news/software/appl ... 86-and-arm
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#147 by francois » 16 Aug 2014, 01:23

A rather flattering critique of porteus amongst other linux distributions by Peter Heinrich Strauss, citation from:
http://articles.peter-heinrich-claus.eu ... ble-linux/
In brief: Porteus Portable Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution based on the classic Slackware. The philosophy behind Porteus Portable Linux is to keep things as small as possible by leaving out as much as possible, and thus, creating a streamlined, and agile system, fit to run on anything as weak as a historic 486 machine. This summary applies to the 64 bit editions of Porteus Portable Linux v2.1 and v3.0 using the LXDE desktop environment.

Critiques of other linux distributions were not as flattering.
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#148 by Rava » 17 Aug 2014, 09:17

^ & ^^

Good to know... There are some issues / mistakes in the en.wikipedia article. Who else, aside from me is willing to work on the wikip. article? [PM me if you want to share chores on that with me!
Putting in new reviews is needed, the only ones up there is for a way outdaded version.

Anyhow, no reviews at all at our free awesome online ISO configurator? I want to put some info on that on wikipedia as well...
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#149 by Rava » 27 Sep 2014, 08:25

@phhpro
Continued via PM...
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Re: Porteus on the net

Post#150 by francois » 27 Sep 2014, 16:29

@rava: I would volunteer, I could revise the draft and/or propose some additional info if this pleases you.

@peter:
Thanks. 8)
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