Linux.com: Review: Buffalo Linux

Sep 15, 2005, 10:00 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Preston ST. Pierre)

"Buffalo Linux is a relatively new GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian and the Linux-Live scripts. It includes many commonly used and essential programs on a live CD with the ability to easily install to hard disk. I ran into a few problems, but found Buffalo is worth looking into.

"The Buffalo live CD takes quite some time to boot--longer than MEPIS or Knoppix on the same machine (an AMD Athlon XP 1600+ with 512MB of RAM and a 128MB video card). Once at the desktop, however, the install was as simple as double-clicking the Install button on the top left and selecting the partition I wished to use..."

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