sidux
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| FEATURE | DESCRIPTION |
| KEY FEATURES | We love Debian Sid (aka "Unstable") and believe in it's innovative power. It is by far the largest, most secure and up-to-date software repository available. Unfortunately, the Debian installer does not support Sid and upgrading from either Testing or Stable to Sid can be painful and demanding. Using debootstrap to create a Sid system leaves the average user with headaches and a lot of additional work to do by hand.That is where sidux jumps in. We provide 3 or 4 carefully balanced Sid snapshots each year, together with easy and fast installation options (from iso files, but probably also using other technologies such as scripts together with netinstall or cdebootstrap). We enrich the distribution with a properly patched version of the most recent kernels, improved hardware detection, ready to go drivers, helpful scripts and anything we think is useful. We strive to package properly and contribute all our suitable work back to Debian. We understand sidux is a base system for further customisations and adaptations to special needs (laptop, desktop, server or special purpose workstation). It can be used in private and corporate surroundings and makes a fine platform for appliances. It will always remain a 100% Debian Sid compatible system. |
| Supported architectures | X86 (i386/amd64) |
| Minimal hardware requirements | 192 MB RAM for KDE - 128 MB RAM for Fluxbox |
| Software freedom status | All the software on any sidux iso is 100 % dfsg free software |
| INSTALLATION | |
| Installer - overall | (8) Graphical installer with options like "install-to-usb" |
| Package selection | (8) additional meta-packages onto the basic iso |
| Predefined package groups | (8) After the installation you can use the metapackage-installer to install package groups like: Disk, Education, Games, Language, LaTeX, Multimedia, Network, WindowManger, etc. |
| Expert mode install | TEXT |
| Graphical installer | (9) From Live CD |
| Installer speed | (9) normal install takes 6 - 20 minutes, depending on hardware, install fromiso/toram takes 2-4 minutes |
| CONFIGURATION | |
| Graphical system management | siduxcc |
| Console-based system management | siduxcc |
| PACKAGE SYSTEM | |
| Number of packages | (9) Around 31196 |
| Package management, automatic dependency resolving | (8) sidux uses dpkg with apt frontend, which handles dependencies best with debian unstable |
| Graphical package management tools | (7) Synaptic. Not recommended by sidux developers but installed by default. |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| System boot-up speed | (8) fast |
| System responsiveness | (8) fast (with kde with at least 256 mb ram, best 512 or more |
| STABILITY/SECURITY | |
| Popularity | (5) growing |
| Security focus | (6) no special focus, as debian unstable needs no security upgrades |
| Stability and maturity | (5) debian unstable can be what the name suggests sometimes |
| INTERNATIONALIZATION | |
| Does the installer support multiple languages? | (7) the installer comes with 12 languages |
| Is the system localized after installation? | (8) yes |
| Is manual system localization easy? | (8) yes |
| APPLICATIONS/NETWORK | |
| Support for restricted formats | (5) as sidux consists of only free software, anything non-free has to be obtained through extra repositories |
| ISDN support | yes |
| Wireless support | (6) generally yes, but in most cases we cannot legally provide the firmware, ndiswrapper works as well |
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This is a very biased description. Before it is moved to the comparator page on polishlinux.org it needs a lot of polish.
i just read your comment and did some changes to get away from 'biased' a bit.
further comments would help clarify what needs to be done.
thxx
devil