Re: [TCLUG:18725] First Impressions: Storm Linux

[Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net>]

_If_ Storm installs on your system you are probably better off
than with Corel.  Successful installation is not certain however.

Daniel Taylor                Embedded and custom Linux integration.
dante@plethora.net           (612)747-1609

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Andy Zbikowski wrote:

> Gound myself in need of a print server. Feeling lazy, I poped in the
> Storm Linux CD Stormix gave me at the Simple ebusiness Expo yesterday
> (on a totally unrelated note...am I the only one who feels the urge to
> make a costumed mascot's head spin around a few times with a quick
> uppercut? Even if it is a cute penguin?)
> 
> Well, so far I'm impressed. The installer seems to be better that
> Corel's. (I had a few issues with Corel's install) The biggest issue so
> far is that it doesn't support a network install. You have to have a
> CDROM drive. 
> 
> The other issue is that it ejected the cd-rom before spinning it down,
> and the cdrom drive isn't mounted in the case, but sitting on it's side.
> (And the drive doesn't have any tabs to hold the disk in) 
> 
> So the tray opened and the CD wen't shooting to the other side of
> Dilbertville. 
> 
> The installed did a decent job of finding hardware. If I opted to
> install X windows it properly detected my video card. The network card
> wasn't detected though, and it really should have been (3c509)
> 
> I'm not complaing much about that since I knew what card I had and what
> module it needed and how to load that module, but someone new to Linux
> most likely would not have. Kinda dissapointing since the network config
> part of the install worked once the NIC driver was up.
> 
> I think I'll recomend Storm over Corel, though Corel has the best GUI
> samba browser I've seen. 
> 
> I think I'll try compiling their GUI package manager under
> potato...hehe.
>  
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