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Review: BeatrIX GNU/Linux

Posted by michael on from the pick-your-poison dept.

Preston St. Pierre writes "BeatrIX GNU/Linux is a LiveCD based off of Knoppix and Ubuntu packages. It is a small, fast desktop environment built for the average Windows user / Linux convert wannabe. I noticed BeatrIX on DistroWatch a few weeks ago, and the looks of it interested me. I've always liked Debian-based distributions, and BeatrIX was curiously different from many of them I've tried so far. I found that it met my expectations, though there was certainly room for improvement."

9 comments

  1. Why not submit this to Distrowatch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    Does every distro review have to be posted as a story?

    C'mon

  2. Blog Bong by vasqzr · · Score: 2, Funny


    Did anyone else notice the bong in his blog?

    1. Re:Blog Bong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It would explain why he doesn't realize that "mandrake" was a common word before becoming the name of a linux distribution, as opposed to "debian".

  3. Hrm... by oldosadmin · · Score: 0, Troll

    *cynical*

    A live CD with Gnome? That doesn't suck? This must be a myth.

    */cynical*

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    Jay | http://oldos.org
    1. Re:Hrm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It might be OK. Knoppix is good and Ubuntu is about the best GNOME based system you can get (it's also Debian based like Knoppix).

  4. Sounds cool... by quamaretto · · Score: 1

    I might DL this one when I get home. I've been poking around for a good installable LiveCD distro that I can force on my family, and I like the Knoppix hardware detection and GNOME... But apparently the distro does not have GCC and it was difficult to get. That's a Bad Thing.

    But there are some worrying bits in his article, like the one where he mentions that it allows him to connect to his Windows and Linux networks (SMB and NFS)... since when is NFS a "Linux network"? Maybe he could have worded that better.

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    *is run over by rotten tomatoes*
    1. Re:Sounds cool... by poofyhairguy82 · · Score: 2, Informative
      But apparently the distro does not have GCC and it was difficult to get. That's a Bad Thing.

      Don't look here. From link:

      "When I tried to install the NVidia video drivers, I found that their install script failed. First, they couldn't find a driver for my kernel in the package or on their website. Second, they attempted to compile the drivers, but GCC wasn't installed."

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  5. How many more? by cmad_x · · Score: 0

    I wonder how many more distros we'll have in, say, 5 years....

    1. Re:How many more? by NonSequor · · Score: 1

      I suspect the system will eventually reach equilibrium and the number of new Linux distros created per minute will equal the number of distros that disappear from the face of the earth per minute.

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      My only political goal is to see to it that no political party achieves its goals.