English-General•dual booting
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ok, im running pclinuxos as my main os. if i dual boot slitaz will it still run as fast as it does when its running from the cd or will it run just like the linux i have?
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It will run less fast and take less ram because the system will be on your hdd and not in ram. In all case Slitaz is a fast system.
You can also put the rootfs.gz and the linux-slitaz kernel on your HDD and boot this as a live system with some boot configuration commands and a persistent home, but it's more hard to customize. -
well, would there really be a point to add slitaz to HDD when main os is linux, i mean they are pretty much the same?.....
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I don't understand the expression would there really be a point ;)
I think that the advantage of having Slitaz installed on HDD is that you can add more applications and use a full desktop with a fast system. I don't use pclinuxos but I know it have lights versions (as light as Slitaz?), so I let you compare and chose what are your needs. -
what i mean is....
since i have linux already, isnt slitaz linux based. i know the web browsing is lightning fast. the only draw back i have from using it is the no flash support. -
Yes, SliTaz is a Linux distribution, as anything with a GNU/Linux kernel and extra software (the definition of a distro) is. The advantage of SliTaz over other distros is speed, lightweightness and lovely people on the forums :)
It's a matter of choosing the right tool for the job. I have Fedora running alongside SliTaz and use F12 for the majority simply because there are bigger Fedora repos and I like KDE4. If I just want to look one thing up on the Internet, I'll boot SliTaz as I'll be there in seconds.
Moreover, it's arguably worth having a second distro installed in case something goes badly wrong and one doesn't have a LiveCD (erm... like SLitaz!) to hand. -
i know the web browsing is insane fast, but most of the sites i say on are flash dependent :(
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There's an easy way to install flash on Slitaz :
tazpkg get-install flash-plugin
It works for firefox but I don't know if netsurf support flash. -
really? i thought i tried that, will try when i get home. :)
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didnt work...:(
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unable to find plugin in mirrored package list -
@josh
In precedents version of tazpkg, get-install flash-plugin did : download the get-flash-plugin script and execute it. The new version doesn't do that, so you must install get-flash-plugin and execute it by tipping get-flash-plugin in your term.
If it is correctly installed you can find the package flash-plugin listed with your installed packages and the file /usr/share/flash/libflashplayer.so in your system. Then flash must works in firefox. -
ive tried to run the script... i just get errors
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Hi, have you run it as *root* ?
If not, try it. If you did, please post error log. -
its working now, sry. it was in my "idiots guide to flash" post. thanks for everyones help tho!