Granular Linux Distro Preview is Worth a Look

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday April 4, 2008 @05:36PM from the more-fragmentation dept.

Linux.com has an interesting look at Granular Linux, a desktop-oriented distribution that's primary goal is to be easy to use. "With a single CD's worth of included programs, Granular Linux manages to cover a significant portion of normal end user needs, and those applications not already installed can be easily added through Synaptic. The slight problem with video and more serious problem with sound of my machine suggest that Granular is not without its issues, especially when most other distributions work properly on this hardware, but as this is a preview release of version 1.0 I think it can be more or less forgiven. I'd definitely recommend Granular to anyone with an interest in trying out a new distribution. "

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Re:Nothing to see here by tor528 · 2008-04-04 18:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Focus your resources on stuff that matters.
That's how I got fired from my last job.

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Classic by JamesRose · 2008-04-04 20:08 · Score: 5, Insightful

I read the article and gave up when he couldn't install his audio hardware and was switching between OSS and ALSA (neither acronym did he explain). Normal basic user guy would never get passed that point, never. Easy to use? Maybe, but as shown in the article only for the people who always used to think a few tens of lines into the command line were easy.