Tuxmachines: Testdriving Sidux 2007

"I've been busy testing away at distros lately. I know I haven't produced too many reviews lately, but that's because since receiving my laptop this passed Christmas, distros now have a higher hurdle to clear. I've been testing, but not many are up to the challenge of a commercially available off-the-rack laptop. One 'almost there' was VectorLinux which I reviewed for this week's DistroWatch Weekly. Another is the subject of this article: sidux 2007-01.

"I say Vector was almost there because I still had one important issue with it. Although I was able to work through most of the problems with it on my laptop, I couldn't get the suspend to ram or suspend to disk to work. Honestly, I quit working on it as soon as the article on it was published, but otherwise I liked it quite a bit. Never underestimate the value of a nice looking system. Even geeks like eye candy too..."

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• Linux.com: Securing Linux by Breaking It with Damn Vulnerable Linux(Mar 01, 2007)
• Linux.com: Review: VectorLinux 5.8(Dec 24, 2006)
• Linux Forums: Starting Vector Linux(May 24, 2006)
• All About Linux: Vector Linux--A Sleek, Secure Linux Distribution Based on Slackware(May 11, 2006)