A Deviation from the Stated Criteria??
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| vainrveenr Nov 04, 2010 10:11 PM EDT |
Brockmeier's specifically states his Selection criteria as the following:Quoting:When choosing the best of the many live media Linux distros out there, I looked for distributions that are actively being developed, that serve a specific and useful purpose, and should be useful to a fairly wide audience. To that end, I picked from end user distros as well as utility distributions that are used for specific tasks. - How is PCLinuxOS a liveCD distro that is "just interesting to a very, very small audience" ?? As its DistroWatch summary reads it: Quoting:PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live CD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages, Getopenoffice to install the latest OpenOffice.org, and Mylivecd to create a customised live CD.(live from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pclinuxos ) - Doesn't MEPIS "serve a specific and useful purpose" and how is MEPIS not "useful to a fairly wide audience" ?? As its DistroWatch summary reads it: Quoting:MEPIS Linux is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live, installation and recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more.(live from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mepis ) Brockmeier writes concerning Clonezilla Quoting:Clonezilla is based on Linux and uses free software — but it doesn't judge. Have some Windows systems or an Intel-based Mac that you want to clone? No worries. Clonezilla will boot on 32- (x86) and 64-bit (amd64) systems, and it handles just about any filesystem you want to throw at it. Even if it doesn't support the filesystem, it can dd the data and restore it byte by byte. If it does support the filesystem type, it can save time by only copying the data used and not the entire filesystem. - Is Trinity Rescue Kit not "based on Linux" and use free software ?? Why wouldn't Trinity Rescue Kit be as equally suited as Clonezilla to the tasks Brockmeier mentions ?? As its DistroWatch summary reads it: Quoting:Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a bootable Linux distribution aimed specifically at offline operations for Windows and Linux systems such as rescue, repair, password resets and cloning. It has custom tools to easily recover deleted files, clone Windows installations over the network, perform antivirus sweeps with two different antivirus products, reset windows passwords, read and write on NTFS partitions, edit partition layout and much much more. Trinity Rescue Kit is mostly based on Mandriva Linux and heavily adapted start-up scripts.(live from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=trinity ) Brockmeier writes concerning his "best" liveCD criteria "When choosing the best of the many live media Linux distros out there, I looked for distributions that are actively being developed,....." If so, then ALL THREE of the above three liveCD distros beat out Brockmeier's selected KNOPPIX and the Network Security Toolkit's CD version as far as "actively being developed" at the time of this writing. 2010-07-08: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2010.07 2010-03-30: Distribution Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 2010-08-16: Distribution Release: Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 In case of doubt on this last claim, see the respective DistroWatch summaries and release dates of KNOPPIX and NST's CD release at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix (2009-11-18: Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 6.2) http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05278 (2009-01-09: Distribution Release: Network Security Toolkit 1.8.1) -- Maybe Brockmeier needs further research or qualifiers concerning his "best" liveCD distros ?? |
| cabreh Nov 05, 2010 4:50 AM EDT |
Although I don't agree with the article as to the choices he makes, the backup and restore choice of Clonezilla is spot on in my experience. A nice simple menu driven hard drive cloning system so I can wipe a system to properly try out a different OS (not in a VM which never truly represent the real experience) and then a simple restore. I don't have to remember the commands to do it either. I've used Clonezilla numerous time in the above scenario and am pleased with how it handles every type of partition I've thrown at it. And done so simply. |
| JaseP Nov 05, 2010 9:01 AM EDT |
I'd never heard of Clonezila. I'll need to give it a try. |
| jdixon Nov 05, 2010 11:54 AM EDT |
> Although I don't agree with the article as to the choices he makes... All such lists are subjective, so there's no reason you should. They're the 5 he considers the best. For example, there's no way I'd put Puppy on such a list, and I'd probably include Slax as one of the options. And TRK is one of the boot CD's I keep around for those just in case moments, so I second vainrveenr's mention of it. TC, on the other hand, swears by SystemRescueCD. He probably considers PCLinuxOS and Mepis in the same class as Ubuntu and Mint. They're primarily designed to be installed, not run from the CD. |
| cabreh Nov 06, 2010 7:08 AM EDT |
TRK is probably a good bet for when you get in trouble. However the Clonezilla choice was for backup and recovery. I believe, for that choice, Clonezilla is a real winner if your purpose is to be able to get back to exactly where you were at time of backup and don't want to have to learn any commands to do so. |
| jdixon Nov 06, 2010 11:29 AM EDT |
Cabreh, TRK is in the same class as SystemRescueCD, not Clonezilla. Yeah, I know that's the one vainrveenr compare it to, but... |
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