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eppur_se_muova

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8. Interesting link, but maybe not the one you intended.

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:40 AM

Nov 9

I'm out of date, bigly. Are Puppy Linux and Knoppix still maintained ?

I can't remember the name of the distro that boots off a 3" CD ... the "shirt pocket" CD for computer lab admins. IIRC the interface was CLI, not GUI.

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Zorin OS 18 (Linux) Downloads Skyrocket, and more than 70% came from Windows (Oct 18, 2025) [View all] usonian Nov 3 OP

I have a bricked Windows system, and one stalled for updates bucolic_frolic Nov 3 #1

I posted some help earlier. usonian Nov 3 #2

Interesting link, but maybe not the one you intended. eppur_se_muova Nov 9 #8

Here's a little info. (not much) usonian Nov 9 #10

Thanks, that led me to https://linuxconfig.org/best-linux-distro-how-to-choose-guide-for-every-user eppur_se_muova Nov 9 #11

Computing power has risen so high there is more freedom to not have to go stripped down IbogaProject Nov 9 #12

I left Windoze years ago Jilly_in_VA Nov 3 #3

I mostly use Firefox on mac. usonian Nov 3 #4

I used Firefox Jilly_in_VA Nov 3 #5

suprising, in good kind of way Eugene Nov 3 #6

I was really impressed by Zorin OS back 20 years ago IbogaProject Nov 4 #7

Thanks for the reminder. I need to d/l the latest distro of Zorin. eppur_se_muova Nov 9 #9