Linux.com: Review: Buffalo Linux | Linux Today

Linux.com: Review: Buffalo Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 15, 2005

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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